Buzzards Bay vs Monument Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Buzzards Bay and Monument Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Buzzards Bay and Monument Beach are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monument Beach has the higher population (3,067 vs 2,941 in Buzzards Bay). Buzzards Bay has the higher median household income ($95,847 vs $86,953 in Monument Beach). Monument Beach has the higher median home value ($540,600 vs $453,500 in Buzzards Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Buzzards Bay	Monument Beach
Population	2,941	3,067
Median age	56.3 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$95,847	$86,953
Median home value	$453,500	$540,600
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,723
Housing units	1,817	1,742
Homeownership rate	76.3%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buzzards Bay	Monument Beach
Population	3,528 → 2,941 (-16.6%)	2,807 → 3,067 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$75,142 → $95,847 (+27.6%)	$73,860 → $86,953 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$294,700 → $453,500 (+53.9%)	$397,700 → $540,600 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,303 → $1,465 (+12.4%)	$1,474 → $1,723 (+16.9%)

Buzzards Bay

Population

3,5282,941

Median household income

$75,142$95,847

Median home value

$294,700$453,500

Median gross rent

$1,303$1,465

Monument Beach

Population

2,8073,067

Median household income

$73,860$86,953

Median home value

$397,700$540,600

Median gross rent

$1,474$1,723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buzzards Bay	Monument Beach
Under 5	1.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	7.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	14.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	3.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.9%
65 to 74	19.0%	16.5%
75 and over	15.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buzzards Bay	Monument Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	8.1%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buzzards Bay	Monument Beach
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	26.1%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buzzards Bay	Monument Beach
Drove alone	69.1%	83.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.8%
Public transit	2.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.9%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	5.9%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buzzards Bay	Monument Beach
1-unit, detached	81.0%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buzzards Bay	Monument Beach
Poverty rate	6.9%	3.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	37	29
Median year structure built	1960	1983