Nahant vs Rowley

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

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

Nahant has the higher population (3,328 vs 1,576 in Rowley). Nahant has the higher median household income ($111,004 vs $106,250 in Rowley). Nahant has the higher median home value ($686,000 vs $615,500 in Rowley).

Population, income & housing

	Nahant	Rowley
Population	3,328	1,576
Median age	58.6 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,004	$106,250
Median home value	$686,000	$615,500
Median gross rent	$1,790	$1,100
Housing units	1,810	655
Homeownership rate	84.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	56.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nahant	Rowley
Population	3,502 → 3,328 (-5.0%)	1,629 → 1,576 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$97,778 → $111,004 (+13.5%)	$79,554 → $106,250 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$625,400 → $686,000 (+9.7%)	$455,900 → $615,500 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,473 → $1,790 (+21.5%)	$1,342 → $1,100 (-18.0%)

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

Rowley

Population

1,6291,576

Median household income

$79,554$106,250

Median home value

$455,900$615,500

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nahant	Rowley
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	6.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	4.8%
55 to 64	22.0%	25.0%
65 to 74	21.8%	12.6%
75 and over	10.5%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nahant	Rowley
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	86.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nahant	Rowley
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.7%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	37.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nahant	Rowley
Drove alone	69.3%	89.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	1.6%
Public transit	3.4%	1.4%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	7.6%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nahant	Rowley
1-unit, detached	76.2%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	6.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nahant	Rowley
Poverty rate	6.8%	2.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938