Abington vs North Scituate

A side-by-side comparison of Abington and North Scituate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abington has the higher population (17,008 vs 6,163 in North Scituate). North Scituate has the higher median household income ($136,852 vs $119,787 in Abington). North Scituate has the higher median home value ($771,000 vs $516,300 in Abington).

Population, income & housing

	Abington	North Scituate
Population	17,008	6,163
Median age	40.4 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,787	$136,852
Median home value	$516,300	$771,000
Median gross rent	$1,547	$1,613
Housing units	6,576	2,206
Homeownership rate	74.2%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	76.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abington	North Scituate
Population	16,436 → 17,008 (+3.5%)	5,044 → 6,163 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$99,381 → $119,787 (+20.5%)	$108,676 → $136,852 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$357,300 → $516,300 (+44.5%)	$589,900 → $771,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,547 (+26.9%)	$1,115 → $1,613 (+44.7%)

Abington

Population

16,43617,008

Median household income

$99,381$119,787

Median home value

$357,300$516,300

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,547

North Scituate

Population

5,0446,163

Median household income

$108,676$136,852

Median home value

$589,900$771,000

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abington	North Scituate
Under 5	5.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	17.5%	7.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.3%
75 and over	5.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abington	North Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abington	North Scituate
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.7%
High school graduate	30.8%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	50.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abington	North Scituate
Drove alone	73.4%	64.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	4.1%	6.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	26.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abington	North Scituate
1-unit, detached	61.9%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	5.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Abington	North Scituate
Poverty rate	5.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1969	1961