Middleborough Center vs North Scituate

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

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

Middleborough Center has the higher population (8,064 vs 6,163 in North Scituate). North Scituate has the higher median household income ($136,852 vs $79,520 in Middleborough Center). North Scituate has the higher median home value ($771,000 vs $372,400 in Middleborough Center).

Population, income & housing

	Middleborough Center	North Scituate
Population	8,064	6,163
Median age	34.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,520	$136,852
Median home value	$372,400	$771,000
Median gross rent	$1,705	$1,613
Housing units	3,522	2,206
Homeownership rate	50.4%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	76.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middleborough Center	North Scituate
Population	7,343 → 8,064 (+9.8%)	5,044 → 6,163 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$66,525 → $79,520 (+19.5%)	$108,676 → $136,852 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$294,800 → $372,400 (+26.3%)	$589,900 → $771,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,705 (+33.5%)	$1,115 → $1,613 (+44.7%)

Middleborough Center

Population

7,3438,064

Median household income

$66,525$79,520

Median home value

$294,800$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,705

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)

	Middleborough Center	North Scituate
Under 5	5.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	17.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.3%
75 and over	5.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middleborough Center	North Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middleborough Center	North Scituate
No high school diploma	6.0%	0.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	50.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middleborough Center	North Scituate
Drove alone	83.1%	64.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	6.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	26.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middleborough Center	North Scituate
1-unit, detached	38.7%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	28.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	13.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middleborough Center	North Scituate
Poverty rate	12.5%	2.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1953	1961