Onset vs Weweantic

A side-by-side comparison of Onset and Weweantic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Onset has the higher population (1,561 vs 1,384 in Weweantic). Weweantic has the higher median home value ($418,700 vs $415,500 in Onset). Since 2019, Onset's population has grown faster (+107.0% vs -23.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Onset	Weweantic
Population	1,561	1,384
Median age	45.2 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median home value	$415,500	$418,700
Median gross rent	—	$484
Housing units	1,364	694
Homeownership rate	89.4%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onset	Weweantic
Population	754 → 1,561 (+107.0%)	1,797 → 1,384 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$42,727 → $72,017 (+68.6%)	$75,536 → $75,746 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$228,800 → $415,500 (+81.6%)	$283,900 → $418,700 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,583 (+17.7%)	$397 → $484 (+21.9%)

Onset

Population

7541,561

Median household income

$42,727$72,017

Median home value

$228,800$415,500

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,583

Weweantic

Population

1,7971,384

Median household income

$75,536$75,746

Median home value

$283,900$418,700

Median gross rent

$397$484

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onset	Weweantic
Under 5	17.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	0.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	24.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	5.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	25.4%
65 to 74	16.1%	15.5%
75 and over	4.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onset	Weweantic
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	91.4%
Black or African American	3.4%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	3.1%
Two or more races	12.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onset	Weweantic
No high school diploma	2.2%	5.0%
High school graduate	46.5%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onset	Weweantic
Drove alone	61.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.2%	4.4%
Other means	11.5%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onset	Weweantic
1-unit, detached	79.0%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Onset	Weweantic
Poverty rate	6.1%	1.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1938	1975