Bliss Corner vs Ocean Grove

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

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

Bliss Corner has the higher population (5,666 vs 3,099 in Ocean Grove). Ocean Grove has the higher median household income ($97,109 vs $73,919 in Bliss Corner). Bliss Corner has the higher median home value ($430,700 vs $337,800 in Ocean Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Bliss Corner	Ocean Grove
Population	5,666	3,099
Median age	45.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,919	$97,109
Median home value	$430,700	$337,800
Median gross rent	$1,186	$1,278
Housing units	2,393	1,210
Homeownership rate	65.6%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bliss Corner	Ocean Grove
Population	5,150 → 5,666 (+10.0%)	3,092 → 3,099 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $73,919 (+15.6%)	$67,861 → $97,109 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$320,100 → $430,700 (+34.6%)	$232,300 → $337,800 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,186 (+43.1%)	$1,300 → $1,278 (-1.7%)

Bliss Corner

Population

5,1505,666

Median household income

$63,958$73,919

Median home value

$320,100$430,700

Median gross rent

$829$1,186

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)

	Bliss Corner	Ocean Grove
Under 5	1.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	5.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	20.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.7%
75 and over	8.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bliss Corner	Ocean Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bliss Corner	Ocean Grove
No high school diploma	14.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	36.0%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bliss Corner	Ocean Grove
Drove alone	82.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	12.5%
Other means	1.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bliss Corner	Ocean Grove
1-unit, detached	56.7%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bliss Corner	Ocean Grove
Poverty rate	7.9%	1.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1959	1938