Living in The South Shore

The South Shore runs from Quincy -- the 'City of Presidents,' birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and this region's only market with direct MBTA Red Line subway access -- south through Weymouth's currently transforming 1,400-acre former Naval Air Station redevelopment (SouthField/Union Point), to the settled, affluent harbor towns of Hingham (reachable from downtown Boston via a genuine 35-minute MBTA ferry) and Duxbury (founded around 1628 by Pilgrim colonists including Myles Standish), and on to Plymouth, 'America's Hometown,' drawing more than 1 million annual visitors to Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower II. Housing spans a real, wide range from Weymouth's comparatively affordable $639,652 median to Duxbury's $1,131,969 average, driven by each town's specific transit access and harbor-town affluence rather than uniform distance down the coast. Hingham's population is aging notably faster than the rest of this region -- residents 60+ are projected to reach 39% by 2035 -- while Quincy's and Weymouth's own economic-transformation stories (shipbuilding-heritage redevelopment; former-military-base transformation) give this region's more urban markets real, ongoing momentum. Coastal and tidal flood exposure is a shared regional consideration along Boston Harbor, the Fore and Back Rivers, Duxbury's aging barrier-beach seawall, and Cape Cod Bay.

Explore The South Shore in depth

• Cost of Living & Housing in The South Shore
• Best Places to Live in The South Shore
• Moving to The South Shore
• Climate & Lifestyle in The South Shore

Places we've researched in The South Shore

• Quincy -- Norfolk County
• Weymouth -- Norfolk County
• Hingham -- Plymouth County
• Plymouth -- Plymouth County
• Duxbury -- Plymouth County