Marshfield Hills vs White Island Shores

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

Marshfield Hills 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.

Marshfield Hills has the higher population (2,121 vs 1,880 in White Island Shores). Marshfield Hills has the higher median household income ($210,096 vs $104,940 in White Island Shores). Marshfield Hills has the higher median home value ($750,600 vs $366,800 in White Island Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield Hills	White Island Shores
Population	2,121	1,880
Median age	44.9 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$210,096	$104,940
Median home value	$750,600	$366,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,694
Housing units	809	789
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield Hills	White Island Shores
Population	2,315 → 2,121 (-8.4%)	2,634 → 1,880 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$144,167 → $210,096 (+45.7%)	$90,475 → $104,940 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$628,600 → $750,600 (+19.4%)	$271,900 → $366,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$895 → $1,694 (+89.3%)

Marshfield Hills

Population

2,3152,121

Median household income

$144,167$210,096

Median home value

$628,600$750,600

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)

	Marshfield Hills	White Island Shores
Under 5	5.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	19.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	21.7%	22.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.7%
75 and over	10.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield Hills	White Island Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	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	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield Hills	White Island Shores
No high school diploma	0.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	14.4%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield Hills	White Island Shores
Drove alone	72.0%	87.5%
Carpooled	1.1%	10.9%
Public transit	9.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield Hills	White Island Shores
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield Hills	White Island Shores
Poverty rate	0.4%	3.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	44	38
Median year structure built	1976	1967