Medfield is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 12,273 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Medfield is the 154th largest community in Massachusetts.

Medfield is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.73% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Medfield is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Medfield who work in management occupations (18.96%), sales jobs (13.36%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.99%).

Also of interest is that Medfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Medfield is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Medfield is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Medfield really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Medfield perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Medfield is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Medfield, the average commute to work is 34.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Medfield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Medfield Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Medfield. 62.10% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Medfield in 2000 was $42,891, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,564 for a family of four. However, Medfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Medfield home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Medfield is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Medfield include Irish, Italian, English, German, French, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Medfield is English.