Shelburne Falls vs Turners Falls

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

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

Turners Falls has the higher population (3,949 vs 1,755 in Shelburne Falls). Turners Falls has the higher median household income ($56,729 vs $52,604 in Shelburne Falls). Shelburne Falls has the higher median home value ($296,000 vs $235,500 in Turners Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Shelburne Falls	Turners Falls
Population	1,755	3,949
Median age	49.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,604	$56,729
Median home value	$296,000	$235,500
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,133
Housing units	947	2,102
Homeownership rate	51.2%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelburne Falls	Turners Falls
Population	1,806 → 1,755 (-2.8%)	4,010 → 3,949 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$44,313 → $52,604 (+18.7%)	$38,899 → $56,729 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$219,000 → $296,000 (+35.2%)	$205,600 → $235,500 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $1,069 (+23.0%)	$879 → $1,133 (+28.9%)

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

Turners Falls

Population

4,0103,949

Median household income

$38,899$56,729

Median home value

$205,600$235,500

Median gross rent

$879$1,133

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelburne Falls	Turners Falls
Under 5	3.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	16.6%	13.0%
75 and over	9.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelburne Falls	Turners Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelburne Falls	Turners Falls
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelburne Falls	Turners Falls
Drove alone	68.9%	68.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	7.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	5.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelburne Falls	Turners Falls
1-unit, detached	48.8%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	37.7%	31.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	16.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shelburne Falls	Turners Falls
Poverty rate	18.4%	10.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1938	1948