Greenfield vs Shelburne Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Greenfield and Shelburne Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenfield and Shelburne Falls are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenfield has the higher population (17,662 vs 1,755 in Shelburne Falls). Greenfield has the higher median household income ($53,961 vs $52,604 in Shelburne Falls). Shelburne Falls has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $252,000 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Shelburne Falls
Population	17,662	1,755
Median age	44.1 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,961	$52,604
Median home value	$252,000	$296,000
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,069
Housing units	8,670	947
Homeownership rate	54.6%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Shelburne Falls
Population	17,353 → 17,662 (+1.8%)	1,806 → 1,755 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $53,961 (+16.7%)	$44,313 → $52,604 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $252,000 (+28.2%)	$219,000 → $296,000 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,097 (+24.4%)	$869 → $1,069 (+23.0%)

Greenfield

Population

17,35317,662

Median household income

$46,250$53,961

Median home value

$196,600$252,000

Median gross rent

$882$1,097

Shelburne Falls

Population

1,8061,755

Median household income

$44,313$52,604

Median home value

$219,000$296,000

Median gross rent

$869$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Shelburne Falls
Under 5	5.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	14.8%	16.6%
75 and over	9.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Shelburne Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	84.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Shelburne Falls
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	27.0%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Shelburne Falls
Drove alone	70.0%	68.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	20.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Shelburne Falls
1-unit, detached	48.9%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	28.1%	37.7%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	6.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Shelburne Falls
Poverty rate	15.6%	18.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1947	1938