Scituate vs The Pinehills

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

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

Scituate has the higher population (5,602 vs 4,988 in The Pinehills). Scituate has the higher median household income ($126,379 vs $121,792 in The Pinehills). Scituate has the higher median home value ($699,200 vs $669,100 in The Pinehills).

Population, income & housing

	Scituate	The Pinehills
Population	5,602	4,988
Median age	53.2 yrs	69.8 yrs
Median household income	$126,379	$121,792
Median home value	$699,200	$669,100
Median gross rent	$811	$2,689
Housing units	2,600	2,817
Homeownership rate	84.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.3%	63.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scituate	The Pinehills
Population	5,558 → 5,602 (+0.8%)	1,419 → 4,988 (+251.5%)
Median household income	$140,419 → $126,379 (-10.0%)	$101,518 → $121,792 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$540,100 → $699,200 (+29.5%)	$621,600 → $669,100 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,093 → $811 (-25.8%)	$2,176 → $2,689 (+23.6%)

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

The Pinehills

Population

1,4194,988

Median household income

$101,518$121,792

Median home value

$621,600$669,100

Median gross rent

$2,176$2,689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scituate	The Pinehills
Under 5	3.7%	0.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	4.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.9%
25 to 34	4.7%	2.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	3.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	6.8%
55 to 64	17.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	35.8%
75 and over	12.4%	31.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scituate	The Pinehills
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scituate	The Pinehills
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.5%
High school graduate	14.0%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scituate	The Pinehills
Drove alone	58.9%	62.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.9%
Public transit	7.9%	2.9%
Walked	3.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	28.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scituate	The Pinehills
1-unit, detached	75.4%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	31.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	5.6%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Scituate	The Pinehills
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.19	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1962	2009