Popponesset vs Seconsett Island

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

Popponesset and Seconsett 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 138 in Seconsett Island). Since 2019, Seconsett Island's population has grown faster (+245.0% vs +234.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Popponesset	Seconsett Island
Population	501	138
Median age	35.5 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median home value	$652,200	—
Housing units	446	183
Homeownership rate	74.3%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.4%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Popponesset	Seconsett Island
Population	150 → 501 (+234.0%)	40 → 138 (+245.0%)
Median home value	$780,000 → $652,200 (-16.4%)	—

Popponesset

Population

150501

Median home value

$780,000$652,200

Seconsett Island

Population

40138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Popponesset	Seconsett Island
Under 5	2.0%	14.5%
5 to 17	6.4%	13.0%
18 to 24	21.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	18.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	0.0%
75 and over	0.8%	47.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Popponesset	Seconsett 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	Seconsett Island
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.0%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	39.7%	48.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Popponesset	Seconsett Island
Drove alone	70.3%	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	29.7%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Popponesset	Seconsett 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	Seconsett Island
Poverty rate	6.4%	0.0%
Average household size	1.87	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1967	1959