North Seekonk vs Ocean Grove

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

North Seekonk 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 2,903 in North Seekonk). North Seekonk has the higher median household income ($110,541 vs $97,109 in Ocean Grove). North Seekonk has the higher median home value ($417,300 vs $337,800 in Ocean Grove).

Population, income & housing

	North Seekonk	Ocean Grove
Population	2,903	3,099
Median age	35.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$110,541	$97,109
Median home value	$417,300	$337,800
Median gross rent	$1,254	$1,278
Housing units	1,201	1,210
Homeownership rate	89.9%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Seekonk	Ocean Grove
Population	2,398 → 2,903 (+21.1%)	3,092 → 3,099 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$87,700 → $110,541 (+26.0%)	$67,861 → $97,109 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$280,000 → $417,300 (+49.0%)	$232,300 → $337,800 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,254 (+26.9%)	$1,300 → $1,278 (-1.7%)

North Seekonk

Population

2,3982,903

Median household income

$87,700$110,541

Median home value

$280,000$417,300

Median gross rent

$988$1,254

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)

	North Seekonk	Ocean Grove
Under 5	4.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.0%	5.8%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	24.5%	20.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	19.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	8.7%
75 and over	8.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Seekonk	Ocean Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	77.5%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Seekonk	Ocean Grove
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	39.7%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Seekonk	Ocean Grove
Drove alone	73.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.5%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Seekonk	Ocean Grove
1-unit, detached	84.9%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Seekonk	Ocean Grove
Poverty rate	4.2%	1.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	35	20
Median year structure built	1960	1938