Marshfield vs North Scituate

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

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

North Scituate has the higher population (6,163 vs 4,698 in Marshfield). North Scituate has the higher median household income ($136,852 vs $99,537 in Marshfield). North Scituate has the higher median home value ($771,000 vs $646,400 in Marshfield).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	North Scituate
Population	4,698	6,163
Median age	44.3 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,537	$136,852
Median home value	$646,400	$771,000
Median gross rent	$1,398	$1,613
Housing units	1,957	2,206
Homeownership rate	66.9%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	76.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	North Scituate
Population	4,928 → 4,698 (-4.7%)	5,044 → 6,163 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$88,452 → $99,537 (+12.5%)	$108,676 → $136,852 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$410,900 → $646,400 (+57.3%)	$589,900 → $771,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,398 (+53.5%)	$1,115 → $1,613 (+44.7%)

Marshfield

Population

4,9284,698

Median household income

$88,452$99,537

Median home value

$410,900$646,400

Median gross rent

$911$1,398

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)

	Marshfield	North Scituate
Under 5	8.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	4.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	16.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.3%
75 and over	7.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	North Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	North Scituate
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.7%
High school graduate	19.6%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	50.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	North Scituate
Drove alone	69.6%	64.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	2.7%	6.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	26.1%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	North Scituate
1-unit, detached	61.9%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	3.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	North Scituate
Poverty rate	18.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1972	1961