Cedar Crest vs White Island Shores

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

Cedar Crest and White Island Shores 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 1,880 in White Island Shores). Cedar Crest has the higher median household income ($175,313 vs $104,940 in White Island Shores). Cedar Crest has the higher median home value ($606,500 vs $366,800 in White Island Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Crest	White Island Shores
Population	2,289	1,880
Median age	40.2 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$175,313	$104,940
Median home value	$606,500	$366,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,694
Housing units	908	789
Homeownership rate	92.3%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.4%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Crest	White Island Shores
Population	2,548 → 2,289 (-10.2%)	2,634 → 1,880 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$146,705 → $175,313 (+19.5%)	$90,475 → $104,940 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$429,500 → $606,500 (+41.2%)	$271,900 → $366,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,070 (-4.6%)	$895 → $1,694 (+89.3%)

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

White Island Shores

Population

2,6341,880

Median household income

$90,475$104,940

Median home value

$271,900$366,800

Median gross rent

$895$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Crest	White Island Shores
Under 5	2.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	19.2%
35 to 44	21.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	22.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.7%
75 and over	8.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Crest	White Island Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Crest	White Island Shores
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	16.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Crest	White Island Shores
Drove alone	79.8%	87.5%
Carpooled	2.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Crest	White Island Shores
1-unit, detached	91.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
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	White Island Shores
Poverty rate	2.4%	3.3%
Average household size	2.93	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	43	38
Median year structure built	1962	1967