Cedar Crest vs Hanson

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Crest and Hanson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cedar Crest has the higher population (2,289 vs 2,002 in Hanson). Cedar Crest has the higher median household income ($175,313 vs $115,109 in Hanson). Cedar Crest has the higher median home value ($606,500 vs $490,700 in Hanson).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Crest	Hanson
Population	2,289	2,002
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$175,313	$115,109
Median home value	$606,500	$490,700
Housing units	908	751
Homeownership rate	92.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.4%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Crest	Hanson
Population	2,548 → 2,289 (-10.2%)	1,769 → 2,002 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$146,705 → $175,313 (+19.5%)	$97,500 → $115,109 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$429,500 → $606,500 (+41.2%)	$343,600 → $490,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,070 (-4.6%)	—

Cedar Crest

Population

2,5482,289

Median household income

$146,705$175,313

Median home value

$429,500$606,500

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,070

Hanson

Population

1,7692,002

Median household income

$97,500$115,109

Median home value

$343,600$490,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Crest	Hanson
Under 5	2.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	21.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.4%
75 and over	8.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Crest	Hanson
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Crest	Hanson
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	16.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Crest	Hanson
Drove alone	79.8%	80.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.9%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	15.5%	10.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Crest	Hanson
1-unit, detached	91.5%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Crest	Hanson
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.93	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	43	33
Median year structure built	1962	1967