Nahant vs Rockport

A side-by-side comparison of Nahant and Rockport: population, income, housing, and more.

Nahant and Rockport are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rockport has the higher population (4,795 vs 3,328 in Nahant). Nahant has the higher median household income ($111,004 vs $86,250 in Rockport). Rockport has the higher median home value ($694,300 vs $686,000 in Nahant).

Population, income & housing

	Nahant	Rockport
Population	3,328	4,795
Median age	58.6 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$111,004	$86,250
Median home value	$686,000	$694,300
Median gross rent	$1,790	$1,848
Housing units	1,810	3,170
Homeownership rate	84.2%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nahant	Rockport
Population	3,502 → 3,328 (-5.0%)	5,260 → 4,795 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$97,778 → $111,004 (+13.5%)	$81,765 → $86,250 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$625,400 → $686,000 (+9.7%)	$563,900 → $694,300 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,473 → $1,790 (+21.5%)	$1,352 → $1,848 (+36.7%)

Nahant

Population

3,5023,328

Median household income

$97,778$111,004

Median home value

$625,400$686,000

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,790

Rockport

Population

5,2604,795

Median household income

$81,765$86,250

Median home value

$563,900$694,300

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nahant	Rockport
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	6.6%	6.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.3%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	5.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	22.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	21.8%	29.1%
75 and over	10.5%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nahant	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nahant	Rockport
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	20.7%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nahant	Rockport
Drove alone	69.3%	65.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.9%
Public transit	3.4%	2.6%
Walked	5.2%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	23.9%
Other means	2.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nahant	Rockport
1-unit, detached	76.2%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	9.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Nahant	Rockport
Poverty rate	6.8%	3.1%
Average household size	2.04	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1938	1951