Overview North Brookfield is a very small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 4,724 people and just one neighborhood, North Brookfield is the 260th largest community in Massachusetts. North Brookfield has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country. Occupations and Workforce Unlike some towns, North Brookfield isn鈥檛 mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in North Brookfield are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, North Brookfield is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in North Brookfield who work in management occupations (11.08%), office and administrative support (8.21%), and teaching (7.75%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.13% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Setting & Lifestyle The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, North Brookfield has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes North Brookfield a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In North Brookfield, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.62 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, North Brookfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work. North Brookfield Demographics In terms of college education, North Brookfield is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.49% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in North Brookfield in 2022 was $45,296, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $181,184 for a family of four. However, North Brookfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call North Brookfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Brookfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in North Brookfield include French, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in North Brookfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.