Ocean Grove vs Smith Mills

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

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

Smith Mills has the higher population (4,467 vs 3,099 in Ocean Grove). Ocean Grove has the higher median household income ($97,109 vs $56,250 in Smith Mills). Smith Mills has the higher median home value ($384,600 vs $337,800 in Ocean Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Grove	Smith Mills
Population	3,099	4,467
Median age	41.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$97,109	$56,250
Median home value	$337,800	$384,600
Median gross rent	$1,278	$599
Housing units	1,210	1,974
Homeownership rate	84.4%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Grove	Smith Mills
Population	3,092 → 3,099 (+0.2%)	4,678 → 4,467 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$67,861 → $97,109 (+43.1%)	$70,692 → $56,250 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$232,300 → $337,800 (+45.4%)	$305,700 → $384,600 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,300 → $1,278 (-1.7%)	$560 → $599 (+7.0%)

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

Smith Mills

Population

4,6784,467

Median household income

$70,692$56,250

Median home value

$305,700$384,600

Median gross rent

$560$599

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Grove	Smith Mills
Under 5	7.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	5.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	20.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.5%
75 and over	9.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Grove	Smith Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Grove	Smith Mills
No high school diploma	7.6%	19.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Grove	Smith Mills
Drove alone	74.4%	89.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	7.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Grove	Smith Mills
1-unit, detached	88.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Grove	Smith Mills
Poverty rate	1.8%	9.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1938	1967