Acushnet Center vs Norton Center

A side-by-side comparison of Acushnet Center and Norton Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Acushnet Center has the higher population (2,792 vs 2,526 in Norton Center). Norton Center has the higher median household income ($114,051 vs $69,159 in Acushnet Center). Norton Center has the higher median home value ($418,400 vs $313,100 in Acushnet Center).

Population, income & housing

	Acushnet Center	Norton Center
Population	2,792	2,526
Median age	47.5 yrs	21.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,159	$114,051
Median home value	$313,100	$418,400
Median gross rent	$935	—
Housing units	1,392	367
Homeownership rate	83.1%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acushnet Center	Norton Center
Population	3,177 → 2,792 (-12.1%)	2,774 → 2,526 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$81,375 → $69,159 (-15.0%)	$120,536 → $114,051 (-5.4%)
Median home value	$251,800 → $313,100 (+24.3%)	$341,600 → $418,400 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $935 (+17.2%)	$1,288 → $1,181 (-8.3%)

Acushnet Center

Population

3,1772,792

Median household income

$81,375$69,159

Median home value

$251,800$313,100

Median gross rent

$798$935

Norton Center

Population

2,7742,526

Median household income

$120,536$114,051

Median home value

$341,600$418,400

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acushnet Center	Norton Center
Under 5	4.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	2.5%
18 to 24	12.3%	59.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	3.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	4.2%
75 and over	15.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acushnet Center	Norton Center
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acushnet Center	Norton Center
No high school diploma	15.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	46.0%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acushnet Center	Norton Center
Drove alone	79.1%	53.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	23.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acushnet Center	Norton Center
1-unit, detached	81.1%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	19.9%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Acushnet Center	Norton Center
Poverty rate	8.4%	13.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1957	1981