Onset vs White Island Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Onset and White Island Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

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

White Island Shores has the higher population (1,880 vs 1,561 in Onset). Onset has the higher median home value ($415,500 vs $366,800 in White Island Shores). Since 2019, Onset's population has grown faster (+107.0% vs -28.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Onset	White Island Shores
Population	1,561	1,880
Median age	45.2 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$104,940
Median home value	$415,500	$366,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,694
Housing units	1,364	789
Homeownership rate	89.4%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onset	White Island Shores
Population	754 → 1,561 (+107.0%)	2,634 → 1,880 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$42,727 → $72,017 (+68.6%)	$90,475 → $104,940 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$228,800 → $415,500 (+81.6%)	$271,900 → $366,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,345 → $1,583 (+17.7%)	$895 → $1,694 (+89.3%)

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

White Island Shores

Population

2,6341,880

Median household income

$90,475$104,940

Median home value

$271,900$366,800

Median gross rent

$895$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onset	White Island Shores
Under 5	17.1%	1.1%
5 to 17	8.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	19.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	22.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	6.7%
75 and over	4.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onset	White Island Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	93.8%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onset	White Island Shores
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	46.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onset	White Island Shores
Drove alone	61.4%	87.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.2%	0.0%
Other means	11.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onset	White Island Shores
1-unit, detached	79.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Onset	White Island Shores
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	16	38
Median year structure built	1938	1967