What is the median rent in North Scituate, MA?

Name: Median rent in North Scituate, MA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in North Scituate, MA is $1,595 (±$191) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 248 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,595 (±$191)
Rented homes: 248 (±89)
$2,000 or more: 13.8%

How much rent costs in North Scituate

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	North Scituate	Plymouth County	Massachusetts	United States
Less than $500	14.1% (±12.4 points)	10.1%	10.2%	6.3%
$500 to $999	3.2% (±5.3 points)	12.3%	11.7%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	24.2% (±16.6 points)	14.6%	17.7%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	44.8% (±20.6 points)	26.3%	19.9%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±15.7 points)	18.0%	16.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	6.5% (±8.1 points)	10.3%	10.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	7.3% (±8.4 points)	8.4%	13.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 44.8% of renting households.

13.8% of rented homes in North Scituate cost $2,000 or more a month.

North Scituate against Plymouth County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	North Scituate	Plymouth County	Massachusetts	United States
Median gross rent	$1,595 (±$191)	$1,747 (±$38)	$1,762 (±$9)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	248 (±89)	43,228 (±1,343)	1,006,980 (±6,692)	42,849,984

In North Scituate, median gross rent is not measurably different from Plymouth County ($1,747).

It is not measurably different from Massachusetts ($1,762).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Plymouth County, North Scituate ranks 13 of 17 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 78 of 147.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in North Scituate has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	9.0% (±3.9 points)	11.1% (±4.0 points)	+2.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±18.1 points)	0.0% (±15.7 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near North Scituate

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with North Scituate
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
North Scituate	—	$1,595 (±$191)	—
Scituate (community)	2.8 mi	$884 (±$721)	Not measurably different
Cohasset	3.8 mi	$2,755 (±$399)	Higher
Norwell	4.3 mi	$2,215 (±$336)	Higher
Hingham	5.9 mi	$2,465 (±$603)	Higher
Hingham (community)	6.5 mi	$1,202 (±$519)	Not measurably different
Marshfield	7.3 mi	$1,772 (±$123)	Not measurably different
Hanover	7.7 mi	$1,845 (±$341)	Not measurably different
North Pembroke	8.0 mi	$2,585 (±$885)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Cohasset, MA ($2,755), Norwell, MA ($2,215), Hingham, MA ($2,465).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Plymouth County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
7	North Plymouth	$1,780 (±$187)
8	Marshfield (community)	$1,773 (±$464)
9	Middleborough Center	$1,737 (±$90)
10	Abington (community)	$1,724 (±$250)
11	Mattapoisett Center	$1,658 (±$836)
12	Kingston (community)	$1,603 (±$539)
13	North Scituate	$1,595 (±$191)
14	Wareham Center	$1,415 (±$537)
15	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock	$1,409 (±$94)
16	Hingham (community)	$1,202 (±$519)
17	Scituate (community)	$884 (±$721)

Showing 11 of 17 places in Plymouth County, ranked from highest to lowest.

North Scituate is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Scituate, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about North Scituate

What is the average rent in North Scituate, MA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in North Scituate is $1,595 (±$191) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in North Scituate cost more than $2,000 a month?

13.8% of rented homes in North Scituate have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 14.1% cost less than $500.

Is rent in North Scituate higher than in Plymouth County?

In North Scituate, median gross rent is not measurably different from Plymouth County ($1,747).

It is not measurably different from Massachusetts ($1,762).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for North Scituate CDP, Massachusetts (place:49165, in state:25).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.