Acushnet Center vs Ocean Grove

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

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

Ocean Grove has the higher population (3,099 vs 2,792 in Acushnet Center). Ocean Grove has the higher median household income ($97,109 vs $69,159 in Acushnet Center). Ocean Grove has the higher median home value ($337,800 vs $313,100 in Acushnet Center).

Population, income & housing

	Acushnet Center	Ocean Grove
Population	2,792	3,099
Median age	47.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,159	$97,109
Median home value	$313,100	$337,800
Median gross rent	$935	$1,278
Housing units	1,392	1,210
Homeownership rate	83.1%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acushnet Center	Ocean Grove
Population	3,177 → 2,792 (-12.1%)	3,092 → 3,099 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$81,375 → $69,159 (-15.0%)	$67,861 → $97,109 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$251,800 → $313,100 (+24.3%)	$232,300 → $337,800 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $935 (+17.2%)	$1,300 → $1,278 (-1.7%)

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

Ocean Grove

Population

3,0923,099

Median household income

$67,861$97,109

Median home value

$232,300$337,800

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,278

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acushnet Center	Ocean Grove
Under 5	4.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.3%	5.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	20.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.7%
75 and over	15.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acushnet Center	Ocean Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acushnet Center	Ocean Grove
No high school diploma	15.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	46.0%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acushnet Center	Ocean Grove
Drove alone	79.1%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acushnet Center	Ocean Grove
1-unit, detached	81.1%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Acushnet Center	Ocean Grove
Poverty rate	8.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.03	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1957	1938