Southbridge Town vs Whitinsville

A side-by-side comparison of Southbridge Town and Whitinsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Southbridge Town and Whitinsville are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Southbridge Town has the higher population (17,806 vs 7,250 in Whitinsville). Whitinsville has the higher median household income ($93,504 vs $59,397 in Southbridge Town). Whitinsville has the higher median home value ($440,100 vs $267,000 in Southbridge Town).

Population, income & housing

	Southbridge Town	Whitinsville
Population	17,806	7,250
Median age	40.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,397	$93,504
Median home value	$267,000	$440,100
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,271
Housing units	7,644	3,146
Homeownership rate	44.3%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southbridge Town	Whitinsville
Population	16,887 → 17,806 (+5.4%)	7,220 → 7,250 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$51,270 → $59,397 (+15.9%)	$77,340 → $93,504 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$198,400 → $267,000 (+34.6%)	$319,200 → $440,100 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,157 (+29.3%)	$1,031 → $1,271 (+23.3%)

Southbridge Town

Population

16,88717,806

Median household income

$51,270$59,397

Median home value

$198,400$267,000

Median gross rent

$895$1,157

Whitinsville

Population

7,2207,250

Median household income

$77,340$93,504

Median home value

$319,200$440,100

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southbridge Town	Whitinsville
Under 5	5.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.6%
75 and over	5.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southbridge Town	Whitinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	84.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	40.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southbridge Town	Whitinsville
No high school diploma	18.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southbridge Town	Whitinsville
Drove alone	75.3%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.2%	1.6%
Walked	5.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	13.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southbridge Town	Whitinsville
1-unit, detached	37.3%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	20.4%
2 to 4 units	40.1%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	7.6%
20 or more units	5.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Southbridge Town	Whitinsville
Poverty rate	16.2%	10.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1952	1963