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Hingham town, Plymouth County, MA

24,283 Population
22.2 square miles 1,093.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 43 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$106,998 ±$7,045 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Plymouth County: $57,650 ±$958
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$178,390 ±$14,719 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $114,201 ±$1,841
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

4.3% ±1.2% (1,030  ±296) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 37,295 (±0.5% / ±2,382)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

36.1 minutes ±1.9 (253,700  ±25,941) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 32.5 7,408,100 (±0.5 / ±157,141)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

9,689 ±383 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 203,141 ±1,022
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.1 (23,966  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 523,929 (±0 / ±231)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

4.5% ±1.8% (192  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 4.7% † 5,354 (±0.5% / ±571)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

10,144 ±393 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 218,096 ±140
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$1,134,200 ±$46,731 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Plymouth County: $556,000 ±$6,716
  • about double the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

9.1% ±2.6% (2,185  ±624.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 8.7% 46,256 (±0.5% / ±2,870.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

98.7% ±4.6% (17,075  ±934.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 93.1% 353,952 (±1.2% / ±4,602.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
76.2% ±4.1% (13,186  ±807.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Plymouth County: 41.8% 159,059 (±0.8% / ±2,834)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

5.2% ±1.7% (1,271  ±406) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 11.2% 59,846
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

4.5% ±1.2% (827  ±219) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 5.7% 24,212 (±0.3% / ±1,217)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
827 Total veterans ±219 779 Male ±199 48 Female ±46

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