Scituate
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Outdoors in Scituate
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About Scituate
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesScituate ( ) is a seacoast town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on the South Shore, midway between Boston and Plymouth. The population was 19,063 at the 2020 census.
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Housing in Scituate
The typical Scituate home is worth about $1,037,000, up 7.2% in a year, 57% above the Massachusetts typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Scituate
Safety Grade A+
Scituate reports less crime per resident than 96% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Scituate
Health Grade A
Healthier than 95% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Massachusetts
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 15 are too close to call.
What stands out
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Natural hazards in Scituate
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 32% of U.S. communities.
Schools in Scituate
All Scituate schools →School Grade A
The public schools Scituate’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 86% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MA. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Scituate is
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