Marshfield vs Scituate

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

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

Scituate has the higher population (5,602 vs 4,698 in Marshfield). Scituate has the higher median household income ($126,379 vs $99,537 in Marshfield). Scituate has the higher median home value ($699,200 vs $646,400 in Marshfield).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Scituate
Population	4,698	5,602
Median age	44.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,537	$126,379
Median home value	$646,400	$699,200
Median gross rent	$1,398	$811
Housing units	1,957	2,600
Homeownership rate	66.9%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	63.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Scituate
Population	4,928 → 4,698 (-4.7%)	5,558 → 5,602 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$88,452 → $99,537 (+12.5%)	$140,419 → $126,379 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$410,900 → $646,400 (+57.3%)	$540,100 → $699,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,398 (+53.5%)	$1,093 → $811 (-25.8%)

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

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)

	Marshfield	Scituate
Under 5	8.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	4.9%	4.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	16.6%
75 and over	7.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	4.7%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Scituate
No high school diploma	3.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	19.6%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Scituate
Drove alone	69.6%	58.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.4%
Public transit	2.7%	7.9%
Walked	3.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	14.5%	23.0%
Other means	5.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Scituate
1-unit, detached	61.9%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	5.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Scituate
Poverty rate	18.4%	3.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	41
Median year structure built	1972	1962