Shelburne Falls vs South Deerfield

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

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

South Deerfield has the higher population (1,822 vs 1,755 in Shelburne Falls). South Deerfield has the higher median household income ($97,250 vs $52,604 in Shelburne Falls). South Deerfield has the higher median home value ($419,100 vs $296,000 in Shelburne Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Shelburne Falls	South Deerfield
Population	1,755	1,822
Median age	49.6 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,604	$97,250
Median home value	$296,000	$419,100
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,333
Housing units	947	1,006
Homeownership rate	51.2%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelburne Falls	South Deerfield
Population	1,806 → 1,755 (-2.8%)	2,041 → 1,822 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$44,313 → $52,604 (+18.7%)	$78,462 → $97,250 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$219,000 → $296,000 (+35.2%)	$327,700 → $419,100 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $1,069 (+23.0%)	$996 → $1,333 (+33.8%)

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

South Deerfield

Population

2,0411,822

Median household income

$78,462$97,250

Median home value

$327,700$419,100

Median gross rent

$996$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelburne Falls	South Deerfield
Under 5	3.4%	1.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	2.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.5%	29.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	10.8%
75 and over	9.6%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelburne Falls	South Deerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelburne Falls	South Deerfield
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelburne Falls	South Deerfield
Drove alone	68.9%	66.3%
Carpooled	2.9%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	4.2%
Walked	7.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelburne Falls	South Deerfield
1-unit, detached	48.8%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	37.7%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	12.2%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shelburne Falls	South Deerfield
Poverty rate	18.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.09	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	13
Median year structure built	1938	1961