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Webster vs Buzzards Bay
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Massachusetts.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Webster has the most kids (19.6% under 18).
Buzzards Bay has the most people working from home (17.4%).
What matters to you?
Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.
| Measure | Webster | Buzzards Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 17,748Highest |
2,909Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | +6%Lowest MA: +7.4% |
+10.9%Highest MA: +7.4% |
| Median age | 39.9±2.9Lowest about the MA average |
54.4±5.9Highest 36% above MA |
| Kids under 18 | 19.6%±2.9Highest MA: 19.4% |
6.7%±2.9Lowest MA: 19.4% |
| Age 65+ | 19.6%±2.5Lowest MA: 17.9% |
32.3%±5.2Highest MA: 17.9% |
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 25.3%Lowest MA: 47.3% |
29.6%Highest MA: 47.3% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 5.8%±1.6Lowest MA: 7.9% |
8.9%±1.4Highest MA: 7.9% |
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $72,895±$6kLowest 30% below MA |
$94,388±$12kHighest 9% below MA |
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $361,500±$12kLowest 36% below MA |
$454,500±$28kHighest 19% below MA |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,228±$81Lowest 30% below MA |
$1,484±$601Highest 16% below MA |
| Buzzards Bay and Webster are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $3,999Highest 33% below MA |
$3,405Lowest 43% below MA |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 45.7%±6.7Highest MA: 51.8% |
37.9%±20.3Lowest MA: 51.8% |
| Webster and Buzzards Bay are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Below poverty line | 12.7%Highest MA: 10% |
7.3%Lowest MA: 10% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 59.8%Lowest MA: 62.5% |
75.7%Highest MA: 62.5% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1962Highest 2 yrs older than MA |
1956Lowest 8 yrs older than MA |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | 31 minLowest 5% above MA |
32 minHighest 10% above MA |
| Work from home | 8%±2.5Lowest MA: 18.6% |
17.4%±6.3Highest MA: 18.6% |
| Schools | ||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #271 of 282 in MA | — |
| School district | Webster | — |
| High school in town | Bartlett High School | — |
| Students per teacherat that high school | 11.6 |
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| Old photos in History | None yet | None yet |
MA average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.