North Plymouth vs Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock

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

North Plymouth 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.

Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock has the higher population (4,695 vs 4,458 in North Plymouth). Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock has the higher median household income ($118,625 vs $71,205 in North Plymouth). Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock has the higher median home value ($483,600 vs $456,600 in North Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	North Plymouth	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Population	4,458	4,695
Median age	39.0 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,205	$118,625
Median home value	$456,600	$483,600
Median gross rent	$1,787	$1,383
Housing units	2,058	2,946
Homeownership rate	41.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Plymouth	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Population	4,091 → 4,458 (+9.0%)	5,199 → 4,695 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$61,179 → $71,205 (+16.4%)	$83,101 → $118,625 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$324,300 → $456,600 (+40.8%)	$380,300 → $483,600 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,385 → $1,787 (+29.0%)	$1,569 → $1,383 (-11.9%)

North Plymouth

Population

4,0914,458

Median household income

$61,179$71,205

Median home value

$324,300$456,600

Median gross rent

$1,385$1,787

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)

	North Plymouth	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Under 5	4.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	10.1%	8.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	23.1%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	27.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.8%
75 and over	5.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Plymouth	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	98.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	9.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Plymouth	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Plymouth	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Drove alone	64.8%	63.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.8%
Public transit	2.1%	3.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	6.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	26.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Plymouth	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
1-unit, detached	26.7%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	35.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Plymouth	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
Poverty rate	18.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1948	1954