Seabrook vs Woods Hole

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

Seabrook 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 545 in Seabrook). Woods Hole has the higher median home value ($876,700 vs $691,900 in Seabrook). Since 2019, Woods Hole's population has grown faster (+22.4% vs +5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Seabrook	Woods Hole
Population	545	999
Median age	59.0 yrs	67.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$72,386
Median home value	$691,900	$876,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,180
Housing units	375	1,213
Homeownership rate	95.5%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.5%	82.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seabrook	Woods Hole
Population	517 → 545 (+5.4%)	816 → 999 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$109,000 → $123,889 (+13.7%)	$97,569 → $72,386 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$446,800 → $691,900 (+54.9%)	$809,000 → $876,700 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,336 → $1,180 (-11.7%)

Seabrook

Population

517545

Median household income

$109,000$123,889

Median home value

$446,800$691,900

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)

	Seabrook	Woods Hole
Under 5	2.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	4.2%	2.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	2.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	2.8%	4.5%
45 to 54	6.1%	1.6%
55 to 64	36.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	33.2%	33.2%
75 and over	5.0%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seabrook	Woods Hole
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	91.9%
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%	3.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seabrook	Woods Hole
No high school diploma	4.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	9.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	63.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seabrook	Woods Hole
Drove alone	89.0%	58.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	7.1%
Walked	2.1%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.6%
Worked from home	8.9%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seabrook	Woods Hole
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Seabrook	Woods Hole
Poverty rate	0.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.21	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1988	1954