Hull vs Scituate

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

Hull and 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 5,602 in Scituate). Hull has the higher median household income ($127,112 vs $126,379 in Scituate). Scituate has the higher median home value ($699,200 vs $606,100 in Hull).

Population, income & housing

	Hull	Scituate
Population	10,098	5,602
Median age	55.1 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$127,112	$126,379
Median home value	$606,100	$699,200
Median gross rent	$1,885	$811
Housing units	5,733	2,600
Homeownership rate	81.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	63.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hull	Scituate
Population	10,455 → 10,098 (-3.4%)	5,558 → 5,602 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$88,476 → $127,112 (+43.7%)	$140,419 → $126,379 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$406,600 → $606,100 (+49.1%)	$540,100 → $699,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,423 → $1,885 (+32.5%)	$1,093 → $811 (-25.8%)

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

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)

	Hull	Scituate
Under 5	2.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	25.2%	17.9%
65 to 74	16.3%	16.6%
75 and over	8.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hull	Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	4.7%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hull	Scituate
No high school diploma	3.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	19.1%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hull	Scituate
Drove alone	68.6%	58.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.4%
Public transit	6.7%	7.9%
Walked	1.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	19.2%	23.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hull	Scituate
1-unit, detached	73.0%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	6.9%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hull	Scituate
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	33	41
Median year structure built	1945	1962