Duxbury vs Hanson

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

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

Hanson has the higher population (2,002 vs 1,620 in Duxbury). Duxbury has the higher median household income ($126,750 vs $115,109 in Hanson). Duxbury has the higher median home value ($1,386,200 vs $490,700 in Hanson).

Population, income & housing

	Duxbury	Hanson
Population	1,620	2,002
Median age	56.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$126,750	$115,109
Median home value	$1,386,200	$490,700
Housing units	765	751
Homeownership rate	96.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.4%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duxbury	Hanson
Population	1,567 → 1,620 (+3.4%)	1,769 → 2,002 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$147,404 → $126,750 (-14.0%)	$97,500 → $115,109 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$1,107,800 → $1,386,200 (+25.1%)	$343,600 → $490,700 (+42.8%)

Duxbury

Population

1,5671,620

Median household income

$147,404$126,750

Median home value

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

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)

	Duxbury	Hanson
Under 5	3.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	4.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	5.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.4%
75 and over	15.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duxbury	Hanson
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	89.8%
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%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duxbury	Hanson
No high school diploma	0.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	9.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	55.3%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duxbury	Hanson
Drove alone	60.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.9%
Public transit	1.1%	1.7%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	29.3%	10.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duxbury	Hanson
1-unit, detached	73.1%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	1.1%
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	Hanson
Poverty rate	9.1%	2.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	43	33
Median year structure built	1948	1967