Northfield vs Shelburne Falls

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

Northfield 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 908 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($74,875 vs $52,604 in Shelburne Falls). Shelburne Falls has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $279,300 in Northfield).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	Shelburne Falls
Population	908	1,755
Median age	49.6 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,875	$52,604
Median home value	$279,300	$296,000
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,069
Housing units	570	947
Homeownership rate	76.6%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	Shelburne Falls
Population	1,032 → 908 (-12.0%)	1,806 → 1,755 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$82,000 → $74,875 (-8.7%)	$44,313 → $52,604 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $279,300 (+22.8%)	$219,000 → $296,000 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $1,071 (+65.0%)	$869 → $1,069 (+23.0%)

Northfield

Population

1,032908

Median household income

$82,000$74,875

Median home value

$227,400$279,300

Median gross rent

$649$1,071

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)

	Northfield	Shelburne Falls
Under 5	1.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	9.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	2.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	18.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.5%
65 to 74	15.5%	16.6%
75 and over	14.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	Shelburne Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	Shelburne Falls
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	Shelburne Falls
Drove alone	60.4%	68.9%
Carpooled	12.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.8%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	Shelburne Falls
1-unit, detached	78.6%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	37.7%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	Shelburne Falls
Poverty rate	13.3%	18.4%
Average household size	1.87	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938