About Scituate

Scituate is a somewhat small town located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 10,324 people and just one neighborhood, Scituate is the 29th largest community in Rhode Island.

Unlike some towns , Scituate isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Scituate are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Scituate is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Scituate who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.63%), management occupations (11.44%), and sales jobs (9.81%).

In addition, Scituate is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

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 night life, 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.

Scituate is a very car-oriented town. 98.32% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Scituate is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Scituate has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Scituate is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Scituate Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Scituate citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.90% of adults in Scituate have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Scituate in 2000 was $28,092, 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 $112,368 for a family of four.

The people who call Scituate home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Scituate is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Scituate include Italian, English, Irish, French, French Canadian, Polish, German, and Portuguese.

The most common language spoken in Scituate is English.