Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Shutesbury
Shutesbury is a small, forested hilltown in Franklin County, about 27 square miles of land east of the Connecticut River, with roughly 1,717 residents in the 2020 Census. More than nine in ten of its homes are owned by the people who live in them, and household incomes here run well above the state median. The figures below are 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).
Population & Land
- Population (2020 Census): 1,717
- County: Franklin
- Land area: about 27 square miles
- Incorporated: 1761
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 89.0%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Black or African American: 0.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 9.9%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $108,021
- Poverty rate: 4.5%
- Median home value: $335,100
- Median gross rent: $1,500 per month
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Shutesbury’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, and because the unenrolled can still vote in either party’s primary, they are the group every candidate has to win.
- Total registered: 1,562
- Unenrolled (no party): 866 (55.44%)
- Democrats: 632 (40.46%)
- Republicans: 52 (3.33%)
Sources
See how Shutesbury fits into the broader Commonwealth.