Hingham vs Scituate

A side-by-side comparison of Hingham and Scituate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scituate has the higher population (5,602 vs 5,343 in Hingham). Hingham has the higher median household income ($222,696 vs $126,379 in Scituate). Hingham has the higher median home value ($1,216,800 vs $699,200 in Scituate).

Population, income & housing

	Hingham	Scituate
Population	5,343	5,602
Median age	42.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$222,696	$126,379
Median home value	$1,216,800	$699,200
Median gross rent	$1,066	$811
Housing units	2,092	2,600
Homeownership rate	76.4%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.6%	63.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hingham	Scituate
Population	6,461 → 5,343 (-17.3%)	5,558 → 5,602 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$161,607 → $222,696 (+37.8%)	$140,419 → $126,379 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$889,700 → $1,216,800 (+36.8%)	$540,100 → $699,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,066 (-15.1%)	$1,093 → $811 (-25.8%)

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

Scituate

Population

5,5585,602

Median household income

$140,419$126,379

Median home value

$540,100$699,200

Median gross rent

$1,093$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hingham	Scituate
Under 5	7.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	4.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	16.6%
75 and over	5.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hingham	Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	90.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.7%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hingham	Scituate
No high school diploma	1.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	6.6%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	38.6%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	40.9%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hingham	Scituate
Drove alone	50.9%	58.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	5.4%
Public transit	14.9%	7.9%
Walked	1.6%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	30.8%	23.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hingham	Scituate
1-unit, detached	76.8%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	5.1%
20 or more units	6.4%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hingham	Scituate
Poverty rate	6.6%	3.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	38	41
Median year structure built	1938	1962