North Scituate vs Plymouth

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (7,852 vs 6,163 in North Scituate). North Scituate has the higher median household income ($136,852 vs $72,639 in Plymouth). North Scituate has the higher median home value ($771,000 vs $426,000 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	North Scituate	Plymouth
Population	6,163	7,852
Median age	44.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$136,852	$72,639
Median home value	$771,000	$426,000
Median gross rent	$1,613	$1,701
Housing units	2,206	4,169
Homeownership rate	89.0%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.1%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Scituate	Plymouth
Population	5,044 → 6,163 (+22.2%)	7,081 → 7,852 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$108,676 → $136,852 (+25.9%)	$64,242 → $72,639 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$589,900 → $771,000 (+30.7%)	$348,800 → $426,000 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,613 (+44.7%)	$1,319 → $1,701 (+29.0%)

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

Plymouth

Population

7,0817,852

Median household income

$64,242$72,639

Median home value

$348,800$426,000

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Scituate	Plymouth
Under 5	4.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	10.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	7.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	16.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.1%
75 and over	7.5%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Scituate	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	4.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Scituate	Plymouth
No high school diploma	0.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	7.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	50.3%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Scituate	Plymouth
Drove alone	64.9%	62.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.4%
Public transit	6.0%	0.8%
Walked	2.9%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	26.1%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Scituate	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	88.6%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	23.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Scituate	Plymouth
Poverty rate	2.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.84	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1961	1938