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Halifax town, Plymouth County, MA

7,734 Population
16 square miles 484.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$48,218 ±$5,176 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $55,965 ±$1,072
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$106,851 ±$18,895 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Plymouth County: $109,698 ±$2,047
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

3.1% ±1.7% (239  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 36,987 (±0.5% / ±2,451)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

33.8 minutes ±2.3 (114,960  ±19,928) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 32.9 7,554,580 (±0.6 / ±161,232)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

2,965 ±280 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 200,995 ±1,063
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.6 ±0.3 (7,732  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 520,973 (±0 / ±325)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

3.6% ±3.1% (57  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 4.9% † 5,565 (±0.5% / ±563)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

3,041 ±291 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 216,654 ±217
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$442,800 ±$44,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $513,000 ±$8,198
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

6.8% ±3.7% (517  ±283.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 9.3% 49,243 (±0.6% / ±2,933.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

96.2% ±10% (5,098  ±615) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 93.2% 350,723 (±1.2% / ±4,517.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
32.9% ±6.1% (1,745  ±342.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 41.2% 155,019 (±0.7% / ±2,609.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

1.7% ±1.9% (128  ±150) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.8% 57,268
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

6.1% ±2.5% (362  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 6% 25,345 (±0.3% / ±1,276)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
362 Total veterans ±152 327 Male ±144 35 Female ±40

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