Duxbury vs Green Harbor

A side-by-side comparison of Duxbury and Green Harbor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Duxbury has the higher population (1,620 vs 1,254 in Green Harbor). Green Harbor has the higher median household income ($195,930 vs $126,750 in Duxbury). Duxbury has the higher median home value ($1,386,200 vs $825,600 in Green Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Duxbury	Green Harbor
Population	1,620	1,254
Median age	56.1 yrs	69.2 yrs
Median household income	$126,750	$195,930
Median home value	$1,386,200	$825,600
Housing units	765	703
Homeownership rate	96.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.4%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duxbury	Green Harbor
Population	1,567 → 1,620 (+3.4%)	819 → 1,254 (+53.1%)
Median household income	$147,404 → $126,750 (-14.0%)	$218,157 → $195,930 (-10.2%)
Median home value	$1,107,800 → $1,386,200 (+25.1%)	$848,700 → $825,600 (-2.7%)

Duxbury

Population

1,5671,620

Median household income

$147,404$126,750

Median home value

$1,107,800$1,386,200

Green Harbor

Population

8191,254

Median household income

$218,157$195,930

Median home value

$848,700$825,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duxbury	Green Harbor
Under 5	3.4%	14.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	4.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	5.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	21.1%	3.7%
65 to 74	15.2%	39.9%
75 and over	15.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duxbury	Green Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duxbury	Green Harbor
No high school diploma	0.8%	31.3%
High school graduate	9.8%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	55.3%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duxbury	Green Harbor
Drove alone	60.1%	95.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.3%	4.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duxbury	Green Harbor
1-unit, detached	73.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duxbury	Green Harbor
Poverty rate	9.1%	6.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	43	—
Median year structure built	1948	1948