Hingham vs Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Hingham and Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Hingham and Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hingham has the higher population (5,343 vs 4,695 in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock). Hingham has the higher median household income ($222,696 vs $118,625 in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock). Hingham has the higher median home value ($1,216,800 vs $483,600 in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Hingham	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Population	5,343	4,695
Median age	42.3 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$222,696	$118,625
Median home value	$1,216,800	$483,600
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,383
Housing units	2,092	2,946
Homeownership rate	76.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.6%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hingham	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Population	6,461 → 5,343 (-17.3%)	5,199 → 4,695 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$161,607 → $222,696 (+37.8%)	$83,101 → $118,625 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$889,700 → $1,216,800 (+36.8%)	$380,300 → $483,600 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,066 (-15.1%)	$1,569 → $1,383 (-11.9%)

Hingham

Population

6,4615,343

Median household income

$161,607$222,696

Median home value

$889,700$1,216,800

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,066

Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock

Population

5,1994,695

Median household income

$83,101$118,625

Median home value

$380,300$483,600

Median gross rent

$1,569$1,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hingham	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Under 5	7.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	20.3%	8.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	4.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	27.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.8%
75 and over	5.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hingham	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	98.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hingham	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	6.6%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.6%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	40.9%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hingham	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Drove alone	50.9%	63.8%
Carpooled	1.8%	4.8%
Public transit	14.9%	3.5%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.8%	26.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hingham	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
1-unit, detached	76.8%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hingham	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Poverty rate	6.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	1938	1954