Petersham vs West Warren

A side-by-side comparison of Petersham and West Warren: population, income, housing, and more.

Petersham and West Warren are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Warren has the higher population (619 vs 252 in Petersham). Petersham has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $274,600 in West Warren). Since 2019, West Warren's population has grown faster (+5.8% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Petersham	West Warren
Population	252	619
Median age	57.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,938	—
Median home value	$372,400	$274,600
Median gross rent	$1,550	$862
Housing units	137	412
Homeownership rate	92.0%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petersham	West Warren
Population	259 → 252 (-2.7%)	585 → 619 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$66,458 → $105,938 (+59.4%)	$56,841 → $64,989 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$289,300 → $372,400 (+28.7%)	$246,900 → $274,600 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,300 → $1,550 (+19.2%)	$674 → $862 (+27.9%)

Petersham

Population

259252

Median household income

$66,458$105,938

Median home value

$289,300$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,550

West Warren

Population

585619

Median household income

$56,841$64,989

Median home value

$246,900$274,600

Median gross rent

$674$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Petersham	West Warren
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.0%	5.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	5.3%
35 to 44	5.2%	48.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	22.6%	21.5%
65 to 74	29.4%	13.9%
75 and over	9.1%	0.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petersham	West Warren
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petersham	West Warren
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.8%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petersham	West Warren
Drove alone	91.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petersham	West Warren
1-unit, detached	86.9%	25.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	36.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	38.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Petersham	West Warren
Poverty rate	7.9%	6.2%
Average household size	2.23	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1938	1938