Because of many things, Scituate is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Scituate really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Scituate perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Scituate is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Scituate, the average commute to work is 32.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The education level of Scituate citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.31% of adults in Scituate have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Scituate in 2022 was $53,077, which is upper middle income relative to Rhode Island, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $212,308 for a family of four.
The people who call Scituate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Scituate residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Scituate include Italian, English, Irish, French, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Scituate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
