Living in North Scituate

In North Scituate, unemployment is 4.5% (2024).

The unemployment rate was 4.46% at the end of 2024. North Scituate's foreign population totalled 320 at the end of 2024. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 5.1 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0727 sources

Population6,492people31 Dec 2024Community source · Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003 (underlying U.S. Census Bureau ACS)

Median gross salary4,734EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables

Median rent1,474EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records

Unemployment rate4.46%country median 4.6% — 2% belowOfficial source · Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)

PM2.5, annual mean5.09µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)

Which United States-wide rules apply when you move to North Scituate?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	60.38 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Verizon 300 Mbps home internet¹⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.57 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Visible unlimited mobile plan²⁰Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,458 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent)⁵Official
Median monthly rent	1,474 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records⁴Official

Is North Scituate a good place to live?

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Remote worker36%strong on work, weak on safety · range 26–46%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–71%

Student38%strong on legal route, weak on safety · range 27–49%

Family55%strong on family, weak on safety · range 44–66%

Retirement35%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 22–48%

Worked out from these numbers

How international is the population?

4.9% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 320 of 6,492 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Uses a supplemental estimate, so treat it as indicative.

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in United StatesUnemployment in North Scituate is 4.5%. Of 2,153 cities with data, 1,250 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

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North Scituate 4.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary	4,734 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables¹Official
Unemployment rate	4.46 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁷Official

What does a salary buy in North Scituate?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,106of €3,646 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€3,646
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent) · 2020-12-31	− €1,458
Internet€60 · official · Verizon 300 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €60
Mobile plan€22 · official · Visible unlimited mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,106

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to North Scituate. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in North Scituate. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	192 per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release⁶Official · county

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in North Scituate when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Mobility and administration

North Scituate's nearest airport was BOS, 24 km away and offered 103 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	103 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	24 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BOS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for North Scituate. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adult Education and English Language Acquisition (AEFLA) — State Language Course

U.S. Department of Education

For adult learners, adult English-language learners.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridCost varies

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USCIS English and citizenship class finder — Civic Orientation

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

For immigrants, future citizens.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −1.1°C in January and 23.4°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 86.1 mm in January and 83 mm in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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24°15°

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27°18°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.1WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United StatesAnnual PM2.5 in North Scituate is 5.1 µg/m³. Of 968 cities with data, 261 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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North Scituate 5.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.09 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.7 · Feb 3.9 · Mar 7.5 · Apr 13.5 · May 19.2 · Jun 24.5 · Jul 27.8 · Aug 26.9 · Sep 22.8 · Oct 16.7 · Nov 10.9 · Dec 5.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5 · Feb -4.1 · Mar -0.5 · Apr 4.9 · May 10.1 · Jun 15.4 · Jul 18.9 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 14.5 · Oct 8.6 · Nov 3.3 · Dec -1.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.1 · Feb -0.1 · Mar 3.5 · Apr 9.2 · May 14.7 · Jun 20 · Jul 23.4 · Aug 22.6 · Sep 18.7 · Oct 12.7 · Nov 7.1 · Dec 2.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 86.1 · Feb 81.5 · Mar 105.9 · Apr 92.1 · May 82.5 · Jun 98.9 · Jul 83 · Aug 82.1 · Sep 90.3 · Oct 102.3 · Nov 92.9 · Dec 109.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)⁹Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, highest monitored reading	20.6 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, annual mean	5.09 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Annual precipitation	1,107 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Maximum July temperature	27.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average annual temperature	11.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Minimum January temperature	-5 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United States: Cambridge ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Markham (Canada) ±1.4 °C, Mississauga (Canada) ±1.4 °C, Richmond Hill (Canada) ±1.4 °C, Vaughan (Canada) ±1.4 °C, Chatham-Kent (Canada) ±2.2 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

At the end of 2025, the city's area measured 9.7 km². North Scituate had a population density of 667.2 people per km² at the end of 2024.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport95.1%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	9.73 km²	31 Dec 2025	U.S. Census Bureau (TIGERweb ArcGIS REST service)¹⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	4.93 %	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁷Official
Foreign residents	320 people	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁷Official
Population density	667.2 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁷Official
Population	6,492 people	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003 (underlying U.S. Census Bureau ACS)²¹Community estimate · Supplemental context

Alternatives for people set on North Scituate

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Hingham as a North Scituate alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Median gross pay, city: €8,079 Hingham vs €4,734 North Scituate+71%
Unemployment: 3.3% Hingham vs 4.5% North Scituate−25%
Foreign residents: 5.1% Hingham vs 4.9% North Scituatesame level

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North Bethesda as a North Scituate alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 642 km, better on 3 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 34.1% North Bethesda vs 4.9% North Scituate+592%
Median gross pay, city: €6,119 North Bethesda vs €4,734 North Scituate+29%
Unemployment: 3.6% North Bethesda vs 4.5% North Scituate−18%

Full comparison More about North Bethesda

Cities near North Scituate

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Scituate 3.7 km away

Rent: 816.7 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 6,173 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Cohasset 4.5 km away

Rent: 2,545 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 8,081 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Norwell 6.1 km away

Rent: 2,046 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 6,582 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Hingham 10.7 km away

Rent: 1,111 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 8,079 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Hanover 11.6 km away

Rent: 1,705 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 6,308 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Hull 14.2 km away

Rent: 1,923 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 5,025 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Weymouth 14.4 km away

Rent: 1,793 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 4,800 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Weymouth Town 14.7 km away

Salary: 4,800 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

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What is the unemployment rate in North Scituate?

The unemployment rate is 4.46 %. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is the air quality good in North Scituate?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5.09 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: US EPA Air Quality System (AQS).

How many people live in North Scituate?

The published population is 6,492 people. This is a supplemental estimate, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003 (underlying U.S. Census Bureau ACS).

How many foreign residents live in North Scituate?

320 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is North Scituate a good place to live?

North Scituate may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near North Scituate?

Scituate, Cohasset, Norwell, Hingham, Hanover are near North Scituate. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25031 (Median Gross Rent by Bedrooms) www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-19
ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-18
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US EPA Air Quality System (AQS) aqs.epa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
Verizon 300 Mbps home internet verizon.com · checked 2026-09-15
Visible unlimited mobile plan visible.com · checked 2026-09-15
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