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Bridgewater Town city, Plymouth County, MA

28,471 Population
27.2 square miles 1,045.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 43 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,657 ±$4,396 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $57,650 ±$958
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$112,651 ±$7,219 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $114,201 ±$1,841
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.8% ±1.5% (1,171  ±364) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 37,295 (±0.5% / ±2,382)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.4 minutes ±1.9 (384,345  ±32,476) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 32.5 7,408,100 (±0.5 / ±157,141)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,100 ±369 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 203,141 ±1,022
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (24,163  ±87) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 523,929 (±0 / ±231)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.4% ±1% (181  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 4.7% † 5,354 (±0.5% / ±571)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,429 ±420 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 218,096 ±140
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$533,100 ±$23,246 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Plymouth County: $556,000 ±$6,716
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±2.2% (2,919  ±615.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 8.7% 46,256 (±0.5% / ±2,870.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±5.1% (17,193  ±1,060.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 93.1% 353,952 (±1.2% / ±4,602.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.6% ±3.5% (7,300  ±668.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 41.8% 159,059 (±0.8% / ±2,834)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.7% ±2.6% (2,760  ±725) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 11.2% 59,846
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.5% (1,471  ±356) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 5.7% 24,212 (±0.3% / ±1,217)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,471 Total veterans ±356 1,420 Male ±341 51 Female ±48

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