Duxbury vs Onset

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

Duxbury and Onset 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 1,561 in Onset). Duxbury has the higher median home value ($1,386,200 vs $415,500 in Onset). Since 2019, Onset's population has grown faster (+107.0% vs +3.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Duxbury	Onset
Population	1,620	1,561
Median age	56.1 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$126,750	—
Median home value	$1,386,200	$415,500
Housing units	765	1,364
Homeownership rate	96.1%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.4%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duxbury	Onset
Population	1,567 → 1,620 (+3.4%)	754 → 1,561 (+107.0%)
Median household income	$147,404 → $126,750 (-14.0%)	$42,727 → $72,017 (+68.6%)
Median home value	$1,107,800 → $1,386,200 (+25.1%)	$228,800 → $415,500 (+81.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,345 → $1,583 (+17.7%)

Duxbury

Population

1,5671,620

Median household income

$147,404$126,750

Median home value

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

Onset

Population

7541,561

Median household income

$42,727$72,017

Median home value

$228,800$415,500

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duxbury	Onset
Under 5	3.4%	17.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	8.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.5%
25 to 34	4.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	5.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	16.1%
75 and over	15.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duxbury	Onset
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	65.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
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%	3.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duxbury	Onset
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	9.8%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	55.3%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duxbury	Onset
Drove alone	60.1%	61.4%
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%	27.2%
Other means	1.1%	11.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duxbury	Onset
1-unit, detached	73.1%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	12.4%
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	Onset
Poverty rate	9.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	43	16
Median year structure built	1948	1938