Nantucket vs Siasconset

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

Nantucket and Siasconset 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 191 in Siasconset). Siasconset has the higher median home value ($1,546,900 vs $1,359,200 in Nantucket). Since 2019, Siasconset's population has grown faster (+135.8% vs +35.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Nantucket	Siasconset
Population	10,837	191
Median age	40.3 yrs	70.1 yrs
Median household income	$109,988	—
Median home value	$1,359,200	$1,546,900
Median gross rent	$2,484	—
Housing units	7,081	1,168
Homeownership rate	81.5%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.0%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nantucket	Siasconset
Population	7,984 → 10,837 (+35.7%)	81 → 191 (+135.8%)
Median household income	$110,473 → $109,988 (-0.4%)	$64,250 → $75,125 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$1,001,700 → $1,359,200 (+35.7%)	$2,000,001 → $1,546,900 (-22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,769 → $2,484 (+40.4%)	—

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

Siasconset

Population

81191

Median household income

$64,250$75,125

Median home value

$2,000,001$1,546,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nantucket	Siasconset
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	20.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	31.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.9%
75 and over	5.1%	46.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nantucket	Siasconset
White (non-Hispanic)	68.1%	96.9%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nantucket	Siasconset
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.3%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nantucket	Siasconset
Drove alone	70.2%	28.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	19.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	5.3%
Bicycle	2.8%	21.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	3.5%
Other means	1.1%	22.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nantucket	Siasconset
1-unit, detached	77.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nantucket	Siasconset
Poverty rate	2.6%	45.1%
Average household size	2.85	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	15	9
Median year structure built	1980	1978