Marshfield vs Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Marshfield and Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Marshfield and Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marshfield has the higher population (4,698 vs 4,695 in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock). Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock has the higher median household income ($118,625 vs $99,537 in Marshfield). Marshfield has the higher median home value ($646,400 vs $483,600 in Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Population	4,698	4,695
Median age	44.3 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$99,537	$118,625
Median home value	$646,400	$483,600
Median gross rent	$1,398	$1,383
Housing units	1,957	2,946
Homeownership rate	66.9%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Population	4,928 → 4,698 (-4.7%)	5,199 → 4,695 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$88,452 → $99,537 (+12.5%)	$83,101 → $118,625 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$410,900 → $646,400 (+57.3%)	$380,300 → $483,600 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,398 (+53.5%)	$1,569 → $1,383 (-11.9%)

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

Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock

Population

5,1994,695

Median household income

$83,101$118,625

Median home value

$380,300$483,600

Median gross rent

$1,569$1,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshfield	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Under 5	8.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	8.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	4.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	27.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	14.8%
75 and over	7.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	19.6%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Drove alone	69.6%	63.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.8%
Public transit	2.7%	3.5%
Walked	3.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	26.7%
Other means	5.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
1-unit, detached	61.9%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Poverty rate	18.4%	6.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1972	1954