Duxbury vs Marion Center

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

Duxbury and Marion Center 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 1,159 in Marion Center). Marion Center has the higher median household income ($180,130 vs $126,750 in Duxbury). Duxbury has the higher median home value ($1,386,200 vs $622,600 in Marion Center).

Population, income & housing

	Duxbury	Marion Center
Population	1,620	1,159
Median age	56.1 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$126,750	$180,130
Median home value	$1,386,200	$622,600
Median gross rent	—	$2,368
Housing units	765	565
Homeownership rate	96.1%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.4%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duxbury	Marion Center
Population	1,567 → 1,620 (+3.4%)	1,076 → 1,159 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$147,404 → $126,750 (-14.0%)	$77,109 → $180,130 (+133.6%)
Median home value	$1,107,800 → $1,386,200 (+25.1%)	$608,800 → $622,600 (+2.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,500 → $2,368 (+57.9%)

Duxbury

Population

1,5671,620

Median household income

$147,404$126,750

Median home value

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

Marion Center

Population

1,0761,159

Median household income

$77,109$180,130

Median home value

$608,800$622,600

Median gross rent

$1,500$2,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duxbury	Marion Center
Under 5	3.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.7%	6.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.4%
25 to 34	4.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	21.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	14.0%
75 and over	15.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duxbury	Marion Center
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duxbury	Marion Center
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	9.8%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	55.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duxbury	Marion Center
Drove alone	60.1%	58.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	4.6%
Walked	1.3%	14.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.3%	22.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duxbury	Marion Center
1-unit, detached	73.1%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duxbury	Marion Center
Poverty rate	9.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	43	32
Median year structure built	1948	1938