Marshfield HillsMA
Today 1,978 people live in this town, first settled in 1890.
Is Marshfield Hills a good place to live?
Marshfield Hills’ middle household income is $216,000, against $120,000 in Massachusetts’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Among 284 Massachusetts towns, just 3 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Marshfield Hills. Marshfield Hills’ concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile, below both the Massachusetts town median (1.8) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest park or preserve is English Salt Marsh, at 434 acres. We don’t grade Marshfield Hills yet; the figures below are still real.
Marshfield Hills lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 28% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
- English Salt Marsh
- Mantia Salt Marsh Directions ↗
- Tilden Island
- Pine Island
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Fenway Park and 167 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Marshfield Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw23 mi MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
23 mi AttractionFreedom Trail
38 mi MuseumUSS Massachusetts
23 mi MuseumMuseum of Fine Arts Boston477K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Fenway Park: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Sean Dungan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Freedom Trail: Ingfbruno, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: USN, Public domain · Museum of Fine Arts Boston: Martin~jawiki at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Marshfield Hills: who provides what
Marshfield Hills is unincorporated, so Plymouth County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Marshfield Hills.
Young adults are less common in Marshfield Hills than in Massachusetts
Adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 50% of residents (39% statewide). The midpoint age for Marshfield Hills comes to 52 years. College graduates make up 57% of adults 25 and older, against 47% across Massachusetts.
| Marshfield Hills | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 years | 43.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 57% | 47% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8 points. Across Massachusetts, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Marshfield Hills | MA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.3% | 10.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.7% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.5% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.4% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.7% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 16.3% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.9% | 8.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.5% | 22.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.1% | 14.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.1% | 7.5% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.7% | 25.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 27.8% | 21.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Low risk in Marshfield Hills, with inland flooding at the top
Of the losses FEMA expects in Marshfield Hills, 50% come from inland flooding and 28% from coastal flooding. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Marshfield Hills brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
The typical July afternoon high in Marshfield Hills is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Marshfield Hills stands out in Massachusetts and nationally, with the average trip to work longer than most
3.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Marshfield Hills. This Massachusetts town had 819 jobs in 2023, up 714 from 2013. Just 4% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are Marshfield (14%), Boston (12%) and Hingham (5%).
| Marshfield Hills | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.5% | 6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Marshfield Hills, 9.8% of the land is conserved
Trails total 1.0 miles in 13 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Marshfield Hills: 13, covering 803 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. English Salt Marsh | — | 434 |
| 2. North River Wildlife Sanctuary | — | 186 |
| 3. Mantia Salt Marsh | — | 80 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
How healthy Marshfield Hills is
Among adults in Marshfield Hills, 11% report frequent physical distress. This Massachusetts town does better than the Massachusetts average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. In Marshfield Hills, 16% of adults get no exercise outside work, and 9.1% smoke cigarettes.
| Marshfield Hills | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 11% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Marshfield Hills | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.2% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Marshfield Hills sell for about $930K
For households in Marshfield Hills, the share who own their home is 94%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Marshfield Hills
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Marshfield Hills
About 1 of every 100 Marshfield Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
Marshfield Hills’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Marshfield Hills.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshfield Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marshfield | #74 | A | D | A | B+ | A |
| Scituate | #21 | A+ | D | A+ | A | A+ |
| Norwell | #57 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
Norwell reports no FBI crime data of its own. Marshfield Hills isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Marshfield Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about Marshfield Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Marshfield Hills, MA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Marshfield Hills yet; the figures below are still real.