Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5817180-20141027092035/@comment-15736398-20141104203239

The town that the production uses as its primary shooting location, Steveston, had a population of 25,345 as of 2011, but is still considered a "small town"; when you also factor in that the largest Maine location that is considered a town rather than a city, Brunswick, has a population of just over 20,000, I'd be willing to bet that, in the minds of A&E and the writers, the population of Storybrooke doesn't exceed 30,000 at the most.