North Westport vs Ocean Grove

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

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

North Westport has the higher population (4,995 vs 3,099 in Ocean Grove). Ocean Grove has the higher median household income ($97,109 vs $85,120 in North Westport). North Westport has the higher median home value ($389,300 vs $337,800 in Ocean Grove).

Population, income & housing

	North Westport	Ocean Grove
Population	4,995	3,099
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,120	$97,109
Median home value	$389,300	$337,800
Median gross rent	$999	$1,278
Housing units	2,230	1,210
Homeownership rate	80.3%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Westport	Ocean Grove
Population	4,510 → 4,995 (+10.8%)	3,092 → 3,099 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$67,522 → $85,120 (+26.1%)	$67,861 → $97,109 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$293,000 → $389,300 (+32.9%)	$232,300 → $337,800 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,057 → $999 (-5.5%)	$1,300 → $1,278 (-1.7%)

North Westport

Population

4,5104,995

Median household income

$67,522$85,120

Median home value

$293,000$389,300

Median gross rent

$1,057$999

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 Westport	Ocean Grove
Under 5	5.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	5.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	20.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.7%
75 and over	10.7%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Westport	Ocean Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Westport	Ocean Grove
No high school diploma	11.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	42.7%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Westport	Ocean Grove
Drove alone	86.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	12.5%
Other means	0.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Westport	Ocean Grove
1-unit, detached	73.3%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Westport	Ocean Grove
Poverty rate	4.2%	1.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1965	1938