Oak Bluffs vs Vineyard Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vineyard Haven has the higher population (2,672 vs 1,357 in Oak Bluffs). Vineyard Haven has the higher median household income ($73,917 vs $59,082 in Oak Bluffs). Oak Bluffs has the higher median home value ($1,013,900 vs $815,000 in Vineyard Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Bluffs	Vineyard Haven
Population	1,357	2,672
Median age	57.2 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,082	$73,917
Median home value	$1,013,900	$815,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,379
Housing units	2,273	1,740
Homeownership rate	60.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Bluffs	Vineyard Haven
Population	1,745 → 1,357 (-22.2%)	2,123 → 2,672 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$65,051 → $59,082 (-9.2%)	$62,521 → $73,917 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$664,100 → $1,013,900 (+52.7%)	$577,500 → $815,000 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,913 → $1,719 (-10.1%)	$1,387 → $1,379 (-0.6%)

Oak Bluffs

Population

1,7451,357

Median household income

$65,051$59,082

Median home value

$664,100$1,013,900

Median gross rent

$1,913$1,719

Vineyard Haven

Population

2,1232,672

Median household income

$62,521$73,917

Median home value

$577,500$815,000

Median gross rent

$1,387$1,379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Bluffs	Vineyard Haven
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	4.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	26.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	23.6%
65 to 74	23.7%	11.8%
75 and over	14.2%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Bluffs	Vineyard Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	73.2%
Black or African American	15.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Bluffs	Vineyard Haven
No high school diploma	3.1%	0.6%
High school graduate	24.5%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Bluffs	Vineyard Haven
Drove alone	49.0%	74.7%
Carpooled	24.2%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.3%
Walked	10.6%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	16.2%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Bluffs	Vineyard Haven
1-unit, detached	82.3%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Bluffs	Vineyard Haven
Poverty rate	18.1%	0.0%
Average household size	1.71	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1938	1940