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Marshfield town, Plymouth County, MA

25,879 Population
28.6 square miles 903.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±2.6 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

$64,785 ±$4,775 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $57,650 ±$958
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$125,986 ±$8,316 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $114,201 ±$1,841
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

8.7% ±3.7% (2,229  ±947) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 37,295 (±0.5% / ±2,382)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

34.5 minutes ±0.5 (367,730  ±35,821) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 32.5 7,408,100 (±0.5 / ±157,141)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

10,416 ±352 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 203,141 ±1,022
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.1 (25,729  ±31) 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

5.5% ±3% (286  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 4.7% † 5,354 (±0.5% / ±571)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

11,813 ±386 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 218,096 ±140
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$680,300 ±$26,893 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $556,000 ±$6,716
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

9.8% ±2.6% (2,522  ±652.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent 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

96.7% ±4.8% (18,259  ±1,114.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 93.1% 353,952 (±1.2% / ±4,602.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
52.4% ±3.4% (9,888  ±738.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 41.8% 159,059 (±0.8% / ±2,834)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

3.8% ±1% (980  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Plymouth County: 11.2% 59,846
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

4.5% ±1.2% (941  ±252) 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)
941 Total veterans ±252 940 Male ±251 1 Female ±4

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