Millers Falls vs Shelburne Falls

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

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

Shelburne Falls has the higher population (1,755 vs 1,081 in Millers Falls). Millers Falls has the higher median household income ($63,646 vs $52,604 in Shelburne Falls). Shelburne Falls has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $222,600 in Millers Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Millers Falls	Shelburne Falls
Population	1,081	1,755
Median age	43.6 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,646	$52,604
Median home value	$222,600	$296,000
Median gross rent	$1,291	$1,069
Housing units	519	947
Homeownership rate	71.3%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millers Falls	Shelburne Falls
Population	1,284 → 1,081 (-15.8%)	1,806 → 1,755 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $63,646 (+9.9%)	$44,313 → $52,604 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $222,600 (+23.1%)	$219,000 → $296,000 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $1,291 (+63.4%)	$869 → $1,069 (+23.0%)

Millers Falls

Population

1,2841,081

Median household income

$57,917$63,646

Median home value

$180,800$222,600

Median gross rent

$790$1,291

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)

	Millers Falls	Shelburne Falls
Under 5	5.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	17.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	16.6%
75 and over	7.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millers Falls	Shelburne Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millers Falls	Shelburne Falls
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millers Falls	Shelburne Falls
Drove alone	82.7%	68.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	2.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	20.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millers Falls	Shelburne Falls
1-unit, detached	61.1%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	28.5%	37.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Millers Falls	Shelburne Falls
Poverty rate	14.6%	18.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938