Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Northfield
Northfield covers about 34 square miles at the top of the Connecticut River valley in Franklin County, where the town runs right up to the New Hampshire state line. Its numbers read like the rural New England town it is: more than one resident in five is 65 or older, nearly nine homes in ten are owned rather than rented, and the median household income runs well above the small-town average. Households average 2.2 people. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 2,866
- Households: 1,271
- Persons per household: 2.2
- Foreign-born: 2.9% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 22.7%
- Under 18: 16.4%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 94.8%
- Black or African American: 0.5%
- Asian: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 3.9%
- Two or more races: 4.0%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 5.4%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $102,470
- Poverty rate: 8.4%
- Median home value: $337,200
- Median gross rent: $1,189
- Homeownership: 88.3% of units
- In the labor force: 66.2%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Northfield’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, and that bloc can still vote in either party’s primary.
- Total registered: 2,567
- Unenrolled (no party): 1,813 (70.63%)
- Democrats: 476 (18.54%)
- Republicans: 260 (10.13%)
Sources
See how Northfield fits into the broader Commonwealth.