Hull vs North Scituate

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

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

Hull has the higher population (10,098 vs 6,163 in North Scituate). North Scituate has the higher median household income ($136,852 vs $127,112 in Hull). North Scituate has the higher median home value ($771,000 vs $606,100 in Hull).

Population, income & housing

	Hull	North Scituate
Population	10,098	6,163
Median age	55.1 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$127,112	$136,852
Median home value	$606,100	$771,000
Median gross rent	$1,885	$1,613
Housing units	5,733	2,206
Homeownership rate	81.1%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	76.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hull	North Scituate
Population	10,455 → 10,098 (-3.4%)	5,044 → 6,163 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$88,476 → $127,112 (+43.7%)	$108,676 → $136,852 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$406,600 → $606,100 (+49.1%)	$589,900 → $771,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,423 → $1,885 (+32.5%)	$1,115 → $1,613 (+44.7%)

Hull

Population

10,45510,098

Median household income

$88,476$127,112

Median home value

$406,600$606,100

Median gross rent

$1,423$1,885

North Scituate

Population

5,0446,163

Median household income

$108,676$136,852

Median home value

$589,900$771,000

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hull	North Scituate
Under 5	2.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.9%
55 to 64	25.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	16.3%	8.3%
75 and over	8.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hull	North Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hull	North Scituate
No high school diploma	3.2%	0.7%
High school graduate	19.1%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	50.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hull	North Scituate
Drove alone	68.6%	64.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	6.7%	6.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	26.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hull	North Scituate
1-unit, detached	73.0%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	6.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hull	North Scituate
Poverty rate	5.3%	2.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1945	1961