Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Clarksburg
Clarksburg is 12.7 square miles of the northwest corner of Massachusetts, and 1,657 people live on it, which works out to about 131 residents per square mile. That number is the whole story of the town in one figure: this is a place with more forest than street. About one resident in four is 65 or over and about one in six is under 18. More than four in five homes are owned rather than rented, households average 2.4 people, and the median home value is $212,500. The numbers below come from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov), ACS 5-year 2023 and the 2020 Decennial Census.
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 1,657
- Households: 726
- Persons per household: 2.4
- Foreign-born: 0.2% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 26.0%
- Under 18: 16.4%
- Veterans: 6.1%
- Land area: 12.691 square miles
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 94.5%
- Asian: 0.0%
- Black or African American: 0.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 1.7%
- Two or more races: 4.8%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 0.5%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $78,421
- Poverty rate: 2.5%
- Median home value: $212,500
- Median gross rent: $1,145
- Homeownership: 84.8% of units
- In the labor force: 64.4%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, Clarksburg’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, and that bloc can take either primary ballot.
- Total registered: 1,350
- Unenrolled (no party): 1,007 (74.59%)
- Democrats: 236 (17.48%)
- Republicans: 96 (7.11%)
- Political designations: 11 (0.81%)
- Where to register: the Town Clerk, (413) 663-8255
Sources
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