Demographics of Scituate town, Massachusetts

Scituate town, Massachusetts had 19,662 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +593 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Scituate town, in four figures

19,662
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 19,365 ±25.; +3.1%
Change since July 2020: +593 people.; 47.1 ±3.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $136,732 ±$15,903
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a town, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Scituate town, Massachusetts's population grew 3.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Scituate town, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Scituate town, Massachusetts's population grew 3.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Scituate town, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	19,069	100.0	100.0
2021	19,300	101.2	100.2
2022	19,385	101.7	100.7
2023	19,560	102.6	101.6
2024	19,678	103.2	102.5
2025	19,662	103.1	103.1

Population of Scituate town, Massachusetts on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	19,069	—
2021	19,300	+231
2022	19,385	+85
2023	19,560	+175
2024	19,678	+118
2025	19,662	−16

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 47.1 ±3.1: for men 47.9 ±3.7 and for women 46.6 ±4.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Scituate town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under 5	930 ±189	4.8% ±1.0	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,365 ±406	17.4% ±2.1	14.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,253 ±321	6.5% ±1.7	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,749 ±492	19.4% ±2.5	27.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,770 ±506	29.8% ±2.6	25.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,298 ±484	22.2% ±2.5	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $136,732 ±$15,903, and income per person $84,308 ±$7,529, in 2024 dollars. The median is $103,960 ±$527 in Massachusetts and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Scituate town by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under $25,000	677 ±228	8.8% ±2.9	13.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	737 ±227	9.6% ±2.9	12.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	614 ±195	8.0% ±2.5	12.0% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	753 ±230	9.8% ±2.9	10.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,379 ±341	17.9% ±4.3	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	666 ±157	8.6% ±2.0	11.9% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	2,879 ±270	37.4% ±3.0	22.3% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Scituate town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Massachusetts	United States
All ages	556 ±160	2.9% ±0.8	10.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	0 to 36	0% to 0.9%	11.7% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	68 to 268	0.8% to 3.0%	9.3% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	388 ±129	6.6% ±2.1	10.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Scituate town, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Scituate town	Massachusetts	United States
Housing units	8,416 ±387	3,030,406 ±453	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	91.6% ±0.8	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	8.4% ±2.2	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	87.8% ±2.9	62.5% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	12.2% ±2.9	37.5% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$847,600 ±$25,135	$562,100 ±$2,169	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,609 ±$311	$1,762 ±$9	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1960 ±3	1964 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Scituate town by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Hispanic or Latino	71 to 343	0.4% to 1.8%	13.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	18,008 ±527	93.0% ±2.7	66.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	6 to 52	< 0.1% to 0.3%	6.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	131 to 797	0.7% to 4.1%	7.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 54	0% to 0.3%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 576	0% to 3.0%	1.2% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	403 ±162	2.1% ±0.8	5.1% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Scituate town by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Born in the state	14,663 ±543	75.7% ±2.8	58.7% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,620 ±454	18.7% ±2.3	20.3% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	13 to 91	0.1% to 0.5%	2.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,030 ±354	5.3% ±1.8	18.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	834 ±323	4.3% ±1.7	9.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	196 ±95	1.0% ±0.5	8.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Scituate town among the places and towns of Massachusetts

101st of 291 places and towns of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Massachusetts page.

Places of Massachusetts near Scituate town in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Marblehead CDP	20,413 ±24
Bourne town	20,323 ±24
Hudson town	20,077 ±37
Holden town	20,064 ±26
Grafton town	19,902 ±65
Scituate town	19,365 ±25
Hopkinton town	19,358 ±35
Sudbury town	19,306 ±24
Norton town	19,240 ±23
Ashland town	18,873 ±26
Winthrop Town city	18,759 ±48

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026