Duxbury vs White Island Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Duxbury and White Island Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

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

White Island Shores has the higher population (1,880 vs 1,620 in Duxbury). Duxbury has the higher median household income ($126,750 vs $104,940 in White Island Shores). Duxbury has the higher median home value ($1,386,200 vs $366,800 in White Island Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Duxbury	White Island Shores
Population	1,620	1,880
Median age	56.1 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$126,750	$104,940
Median home value	$1,386,200	$366,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,694
Housing units	765	789
Homeownership rate	96.1%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.4%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duxbury	White Island Shores
Population	1,567 → 1,620 (+3.4%)	2,634 → 1,880 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$147,404 → $126,750 (-14.0%)	$90,475 → $104,940 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$1,107,800 → $1,386,200 (+25.1%)	$271,900 → $366,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$895 → $1,694 (+89.3%)

Duxbury

Population

1,5671,620

Median household income

$147,404$126,750

Median home value

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

White Island Shores

Population

2,6341,880

Median household income

$90,475$104,940

Median home value

$271,900$366,800

Median gross rent

$895$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duxbury	White Island Shores
Under 5	3.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	4.9%	19.2%
35 to 44	5.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	21.1%	22.2%
65 to 74	15.2%	6.7%
75 and over	15.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duxbury	White Island Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duxbury	White Island Shores
No high school diploma	0.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	9.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	55.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duxbury	White Island Shores
Drove alone	60.1%	87.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.9%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duxbury	White Island Shores
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	White Island Shores
Poverty rate	9.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	43	38
Median year structure built	1948	1967