Popponesset vs Popponesset Island

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

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

Popponesset has the higher population (501 vs 72 in Popponesset Island). Popponesset Island has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $652,200 in Popponesset). Since 2019, Popponesset's population has grown faster (+234.0% vs +111.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Popponesset	Popponesset Island
Population	501	72
Median age	35.5 yrs	66.5 yrs
Median home value	$652,200	$2,000,001
Housing units	446	93
Homeownership rate	74.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.4%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Popponesset	Popponesset Island
Population	150 → 501 (+234.0%)	34 → 72 (+111.8%)
Median home value	$780,000 → $652,200 (-16.4%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)

Popponesset

Population

150501

Median home value

$780,000$652,200

Popponesset Island

Population

3472

Median home value

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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Popponesset	Popponesset Island
Under 5	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	21.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	26.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	30.6%
75 and over	0.8%	27.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Popponesset	Popponesset Island
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Popponesset	Popponesset Island
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	39.7%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Popponesset	Popponesset Island
Drove alone	70.3%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	23.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Popponesset	Popponesset Island
1-unit, detached	81.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Popponesset	Popponesset Island
Poverty rate	6.4%	0.0%
Average household size	1.87	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1967	1995