South Ashburnham vs West Brookfield

A side-by-side comparison of South Ashburnham and West Brookfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Brookfield has the higher population (1,518 vs 1,174 in South Ashburnham). South Ashburnham has the higher median household income ($82,006 vs $59,734 in West Brookfield). South Ashburnham has the higher median home value ($323,400 vs $282,900 in West Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	South Ashburnham	West Brookfield
Population	1,174	1,518
Median age	41.8 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,006	$59,734
Median home value	$323,400	$282,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,081
Housing units	419	744
Homeownership rate	85.0%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Ashburnham	West Brookfield
Population	924 → 1,174 (+27.1%)	1,479 → 1,518 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$79,670 → $82,006 (+2.9%)	$51,680 → $59,734 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$189,100 → $323,400 (+71.0%)	$246,600 → $282,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,133 → $1,081 (-4.6%)

South Ashburnham

Population

9241,174

Median household income

$79,670$82,006

Median home value

$189,100$323,400

West Brookfield

Population

1,4791,518

Median household income

$51,680$59,734

Median home value

$246,600$282,900

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South Ashburnham	West Brookfield
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	0.6%
25 to 34	6.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	4.0%
45 to 54	17.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	21.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	20.6%
75 and over	3.7%	22.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Ashburnham	West Brookfield
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Ashburnham	West Brookfield
No high school diploma	13.2%	7.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	51.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Ashburnham	West Brookfield
Drove alone	84.4%	85.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Ashburnham	West Brookfield
1-unit, detached	86.6%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	South Ashburnham	West Brookfield
Poverty rate	16.0%	14.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	30	39
Median year structure built	1976	1938