Plymouth vs Scituate

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

Plymouth and Scituate 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 5,602 in Scituate). Scituate has the higher median household income ($126,379 vs $72,639 in Plymouth). Scituate has the higher median home value ($699,200 vs $426,000 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Plymouth	Scituate
Population	7,852	5,602
Median age	44.6 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,639	$126,379
Median home value	$426,000	$699,200
Median gross rent	$1,701	$811
Housing units	4,169	2,600
Homeownership rate	49.6%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	63.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plymouth	Scituate
Population	7,081 → 7,852 (+10.9%)	5,558 → 5,602 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$64,242 → $72,639 (+13.1%)	$140,419 → $126,379 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$348,800 → $426,000 (+22.1%)	$540,100 → $699,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,319 → $1,701 (+29.0%)	$1,093 → $811 (-25.8%)

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

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)

	Plymouth	Scituate
Under 5	1.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	10.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	4.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	16.6%
75 and over	11.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plymouth	Scituate
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.3%	4.7%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plymouth	Scituate
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.2%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plymouth	Scituate
Drove alone	62.9%	58.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.8%	7.9%
Walked	4.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	16.2%	23.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plymouth	Scituate
1-unit, detached	31.0%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	23.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	11.2%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Plymouth	Scituate
Poverty rate	8.7%	3.3%
Average household size	1.93	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1938	1962