Middleborough Center vs Scituate

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

Middleborough Center and 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 5,602 in Scituate). Scituate has the higher median household income ($126,379 vs $79,520 in Middleborough Center). Scituate has the higher median home value ($699,200 vs $372,400 in Middleborough Center).

Population, income & housing

	Middleborough Center	Scituate
Population	8,064	5,602
Median age	34.8 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,520	$126,379
Median home value	$372,400	$699,200
Median gross rent	$1,705	$811
Housing units	3,522	2,600
Homeownership rate	50.4%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	63.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middleborough Center	Scituate
Population	7,343 → 8,064 (+9.8%)	5,558 → 5,602 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$66,525 → $79,520 (+19.5%)	$140,419 → $126,379 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$294,800 → $372,400 (+26.3%)	$540,100 → $699,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,705 (+33.5%)	$1,093 → $811 (-25.8%)

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

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)

	Middleborough Center	Scituate
Under 5	5.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	4.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.6%
75 and over	5.4%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middleborough Center	Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	4.7%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middleborough Center	Scituate
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	32.3%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middleborough Center	Scituate
Drove alone	83.1%	58.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	7.9%
Walked	1.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.0%	23.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middleborough Center	Scituate
1-unit, detached	38.7%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	28.5%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	5.1%
20 or more units	13.1%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Middleborough Center	Scituate
Poverty rate	12.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	41
Median year structure built	1953	1962