New Seabury vs Seconsett Island

A side-by-side comparison of New Seabury and Seconsett Island: population, income, housing, and more.

New Seabury and Seconsett Island are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Seabury has the higher population (824 vs 138 in Seconsett Island). Since 2019, Seconsett Island's population has grown faster (+245.0% vs +16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	New Seabury	Seconsett Island
Population	824	138
Median age	67.0 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$206,000	—
Median home value	$883,500	—
Housing units	1,983	183
Homeownership rate	92.9%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.9%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Seabury	Seconsett Island
Population	710 → 824 (+16.1%)	40 → 138 (+245.0%)
Median household income	$110,250 → $206,000 (+86.8%)	—
Median home value	$653,200 → $883,500 (+35.3%)	—

New Seabury

Population

710824

Median household income

$110,250$206,000

Median home value

$653,200$883,500

Seconsett Island

Population

40138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Seabury	Seconsett Island
Under 5	0.0%	14.5%
5 to 17	4.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	1.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	5.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	24.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	32.6%	0.0%
75 and over	24.8%	47.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Seabury	Seconsett Island
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Seabury	Seconsett Island
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	1.4%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	46.6%	48.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Seabury	Seconsett Island
Drove alone	56.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.0%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Seabury	Seconsett Island
1-unit, detached	86.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Seabury	Seconsett Island
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.90	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	56	—
Median year structure built	1985	1959