Duxbury vs Marshfield Hills

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

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

Marshfield Hills has the higher population (2,121 vs 1,620 in Duxbury). Marshfield Hills has the higher median household income ($210,096 vs $126,750 in Duxbury). Duxbury has the higher median home value ($1,386,200 vs $750,600 in Marshfield Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Duxbury	Marshfield Hills
Population	1,620	2,121
Median age	56.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$126,750	$210,096
Median home value	$1,386,200	$750,600
Housing units	765	809
Homeownership rate	96.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.4%	63.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duxbury	Marshfield Hills
Population	1,567 → 1,620 (+3.4%)	2,315 → 2,121 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$147,404 → $126,750 (-14.0%)	$144,167 → $210,096 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$1,107,800 → $1,386,200 (+25.1%)	$628,600 → $750,600 (+19.4%)

Duxbury

Population

1,5671,620

Median household income

$147,404$126,750

Median home value

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

Marshfield Hills

Population

2,3152,121

Median household income

$144,167$210,096

Median home value

$628,600$750,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duxbury	Marshfield Hills
Under 5	3.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	1.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	5.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	21.1%	21.7%
65 to 74	15.2%	7.9%
75 and over	15.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duxbury	Marshfield Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	96.7%
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%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duxbury	Marshfield Hills
No high school diploma	0.8%	0.8%
High school graduate	9.8%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	55.3%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	25.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duxbury	Marshfield Hills
Drove alone	60.1%	72.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	1.1%
Public transit	1.1%	9.5%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.3%	16.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duxbury	Marshfield Hills
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	Marshfield Hills
Poverty rate	9.1%	0.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	43	44
Median year structure built	1948	1976