Norton Center vs Ocean Grove

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

Norton 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 2,526 in Norton Center). Norton Center has the higher median household income ($114,051 vs $97,109 in Ocean Grove). Norton Center has the higher median home value ($418,400 vs $337,800 in Ocean Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Norton Center	Ocean Grove
Population	2,526	3,099
Median age	21.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$114,051	$97,109
Median home value	$418,400	$337,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,278
Housing units	367	1,210
Homeownership rate	86.6%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norton Center	Ocean Grove
Population	2,774 → 2,526 (-8.9%)	3,092 → 3,099 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$120,536 → $114,051 (-5.4%)	$67,861 → $97,109 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$341,600 → $418,400 (+22.5%)	$232,300 → $337,800 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,181 (-8.3%)	$1,300 → $1,278 (-1.7%)

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

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)

	Norton Center	Ocean Grove
Under 5	3.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	2.5%	5.8%
18 to 24	59.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	20.2%
35 to 44	3.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	8.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.7%
75 and over	2.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norton Center	Ocean Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	77.5%
Black or African American	11.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norton Center	Ocean Grove
No high school diploma	11.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	23.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norton Center	Ocean Grove
Drove alone	53.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	23.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norton Center	Ocean Grove
1-unit, detached	66.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	19.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norton Center	Ocean Grove
Poverty rate	13.9%	1.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1981	1938