Popponesset vs Woods Hole

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

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

Woods Hole has the higher population (999 vs 501 in Popponesset). Woods Hole has the higher median home value ($876,700 vs $652,200 in Popponesset). Since 2019, Popponesset's population has grown faster (+234.0% vs +22.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Popponesset	Woods Hole
Population	501	999
Median age	35.5 yrs	67.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$72,386
Median home value	$652,200	$876,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,180
Housing units	446	1,213
Homeownership rate	74.3%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.4%	82.4%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Popponesset	Woods Hole
Population	150 → 501 (+234.0%)	816 → 999 (+22.4%)
Median household income	—	$97,569 → $72,386 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$780,000 → $652,200 (-16.4%)	$809,000 → $876,700 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,336 → $1,180 (-11.7%)

Popponesset

Population

150501

Median home value

$780,000$652,200

Woods Hole

Population

816999

Median household income

$97,569$72,386

Median home value

$809,000$876,700

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Popponesset	Woods Hole
Under 5	2.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	6.4%	2.7%
18 to 24	21.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	4.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	1.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	33.2%
75 and over	0.8%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Popponesset	Woods Hole
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	91.9%
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%	3.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Popponesset	Woods Hole
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.0%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	9.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	39.7%	63.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Popponesset	Woods Hole
Drove alone	70.3%	58.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	7.1%
Walked	0.0%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.6%
Worked from home	29.7%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Popponesset	Woods Hole
1-unit, detached	81.4%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Popponesset	Woods Hole
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.8%
Average household size	1.87	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1967	1954