Popponesset Island vs Seconsett Island

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

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

Seconsett Island has the higher population (138 vs 72 in Popponesset Island). Since 2019, Seconsett Island's population has grown faster (+245.0% vs +111.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Popponesset Island	Seconsett Island
Population	72	138
Median age	66.5 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median home value	$2,000,001	—
Housing units	93	183
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Popponesset Island	Seconsett Island
Population	34 → 72 (+111.8%)	40 → 138 (+245.0%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	—

Popponesset Island

Population

3472

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Seconsett Island

Population

40138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Popponesset Island	Seconsett Island
Under 5	0.0%	14.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	26.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	30.6%	0.0%
75 and over	27.8%	47.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Popponesset Island	Seconsett Island
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Popponesset Island	Seconsett Island
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.8%	48.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Popponesset Island	Seconsett Island
Drove alone	76.7%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Popponesset Island	Seconsett Island
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Popponesset Island	Seconsett Island
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.71	2.12
Median year structure built	1995	1959