West Massachusetts News

Hatfield ranked 133rd among cities in Massachusetts by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Hatfield residents was an inflation-adjusted $32,391 per year. Hatfield had 650 households in 2017, with a population of 1,354.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Lexington. Lexington's median income was $68,943 per year after adjusting for inflation – $36,552 more than Hatfield. It had 11,755 households in 2017 and a population of 33,339.

Amherst Center had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Massachusetts, with a median income of only $5,042 per year. That was $27,349 less than the median income in Hatfield at the time. Amherst Center had 2,979 households in 2017 and a population of 20,084.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Lexington	68,943
2	Cordaville	66,750
3	Dover	64,513
4	Winchester	63,800
5	Sharon	63,592
6	New Seabury	61,406
7	Cochituate	61,176
8	Medfield	60,515
9	Monomoscoy Island	60,324
10	South Duxbury	58,903
11	Needham	57,189
12	Belmont	55,466
13	Topsfield	55,313
14	West Concord	54,932
15	Brookline	54,357
16	Arlington	53,697
17	Essex	53,417
18	Reading	52,948
19	Newton	52,847
20	Boxford	52,351
21	Scituate	51,827
22	Marblehead	51,804
23	Lynnfield	51,452
24	Newburyport	50,721
25	Siasconset	50,451
26	Sturbridge	50,167
27	Wellesley	49,912
28	Duxbury	49,531
29	Longmeadow	48,463
30	Nahant	48,400
31	Hingham	47,025
32	Melrose	46,583
33	Upton	46,569
34	Wakefield	46,163
35	North Scituate	46,088
36	Groton	46,017
37	Milton	45,938
38	Harwich Center	45,893
39	Hanscom AFB	45,541
40	South Deerfield	45,369
41	Bourne	45,227
42	Swampscott	44,914
43	Maynard	44,890
44	Mattapoisett Center	44,810
45	Wilmington	44,406
46	Burlington	44,359
47	Stoneham	44,277
48	East Douglas	44,193
49	Seabrook	43,917
50	North Pembroke	43,870
51	Kingston	43,471
52	South Ashburnham	43,250
53	Dedham	42,991
54	Westborough	42,875
55	Marshfield	42,658
56	Rutland	42,595
57	Blandford	42,500
58	Mansfield Center	42,383
59	Northborough	42,330
60	Norwood	42,303
61	Marshfield Hills	41,925
62	Raynham Center	41,750
63	Somerville	41,314
64	Townsend	41,125
65	Hull	40,912
66	Sagamore	40,911
67	Hopkinton	40,833
68	Hanson	40,667
69	Medford	40,334
70	Madaket	40,329
71	Ayer	40,313
72	Nantucket	40,196
73	Woods Hole	40,192
74	Cambridge	40,085
75	Hopedale	40,012
76	Petersham	40,000
77	The Pinehills	39,797
78	Woburn	39,616
79	Pinehurst	39,103
80	Lunenburg	39,007
81	Abington	38,777
82	Fiskdale	38,472
83	East Pepperell	38,417
84	Lenox	38,214
85	Danvers	37,863
86	Walpole	37,681
87	Milford	37,566
88	North Lakeville	37,447
89	Granby	37,419
90	Wilbraham	37,413
91	East Harwich	37,325
92	North Falmouth	37,259
93	East Sandwich	37,235
94	Brookfield	37,200
95	Rowley	36,865
96	Quincy	36,826
97	North Seekonk	36,772
98	Littleton Common	36,667
99	West Chatham	36,417
100	Waltham	36,389

* All values are inflation-adjusted