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Scituate, MA

5,602 Population
4.1 square miles 1,378.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.2 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$94,450 ±$23,311 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $61,389 ±$358
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$126,379 ±$28,878 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $112,484 ±$779
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

3.3% ±1.7% (181  ±95) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 424,129 (±0.2% / ±8,958)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

40.8 minutes ±5 (82,760  ±19,430) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.5 64,916,764 (±0.1 / ±411,878)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

2,532 ±261 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,925,474 ±3,766
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.3 (5,544  ±490) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,760,875
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

1.5% ±1.8% (14  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.3% 51,864 (±0.1% / ±1,654)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

2,600 ±262 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,046,121 ±378
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$699,200 ±$67,446 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $610,900 ±$2,066
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

11.5% ±6.4% (646  ±360.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.5% 610,746 (±0.2% / ±9,345.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

93.9% ±5.3% (3,829  ±432.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.3% 3,212,042 (±0.4% / ±14,733.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
63.3% ±5.5% (2,582  ±336.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 51.2% 1,782,685 (±0.3% / ±10,606.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.5% ±4.4% (363  ±250) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.7% 966,395
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

6.8% ±3% (303  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.2% 165,842 (±0.1% / ±2,944)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
303 Total veterans ±136 263 Male ±120 40 Female ±65

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