Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Scituate
Scituate holds 19,063 people on 17.22 square miles of land, with almost as much water inside its bounds as land. It is a town of homeowners: 88.5% of its occupied units are owner-occupied, and the median home is valued at $789,000. Households average 2.5 people, one resident in five is under 18, and slightly more than one in five is 65 or over. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 19,063
- Households: 7,735
- Persons per household: 2.5
- Foreign-born: 5.2% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 22.5%
- Under 18: 21.3%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 92.6%
- Asian: 2.4%
- Black or African American: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 1.2%
- Two or more races: 3.4%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 5.9%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $131,861
- Poverty rate: 2.4%
- Median home value: $789,000
- Median gross rent: $1,579
- Homeownership: 88.5% of units
- In the labor force: 66.4%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, Scituate’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, which is worth knowing before you assume how your town leans.
- Total registered: 16,574
- Unenrolled (no party): 10,853 (65.48%)
- Democrats: 3,580 (21.60%)
- Republicans: 2,004 (12.09%)
Scituate votes for its own officers at an Annual Town Election in the spring. In 2026 that election fell on Saturday, June 6, and of everything on the ballot exactly one race was contested. Every other seat was decided when the nomination papers came in, weeks before anyone voted, which is a useful thing to know if you have ever thought about running.
Sources
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