Madaket vs Nantucket

A side-by-side comparison of Madaket and Nantucket: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nantucket has the higher population (10,837 vs 378 in Madaket). Nantucket has the higher median household income ($109,988 vs $106,615 in Madaket). Nantucket has the higher median home value ($1,359,200 vs $1,226,600 in Madaket).

Population, income & housing

	Madaket	Nantucket
Population	378	10,837
Median age	62.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$106,615	$109,988
Median home value	$1,226,600	$1,359,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,484
Housing units	715	7,081
Homeownership rate	82.4%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.9%	57.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madaket	Nantucket
Population	274 → 378 (+38.0%)	7,984 → 10,837 (+35.7%)
Median household income	$101,563 → $106,615 (+5.0%)	$110,473 → $109,988 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$1,272,100 → $1,226,600 (-3.6%)	$1,001,700 → $1,359,200 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,769 → $2,484 (+40.4%)

Madaket

Population

274378

Median household income

$101,563$106,615

Median home value

$1,272,100$1,226,600

Nantucket

Population

7,98410,837

Median household income

$110,473$109,988

Median home value

$1,001,700$1,359,200

Median gross rent

$1,769$2,484

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madaket	Nantucket
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	6.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	4.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	20.7%
45 to 54	7.7%	15.9%
55 to 64	39.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	22.8%	9.1%
75 and over	5.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madaket	Nantucket
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	68.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madaket	Nantucket
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	5.3%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madaket	Nantucket
Drove alone	63.2%	70.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	30.8%	11.0%
Other means	2.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madaket	Nantucket
1-unit, detached	92.2%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Madaket	Nantucket
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1981	1980