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Norwell town, Plymouth County, MA

11,361 Population
20.9 square miles 542.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 43 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$78,866 ±$6,259 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Plymouth County: $57,650 ±$958
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$188,699 ±$24,745 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $114,201 ±$1,841
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

2.7% ±1.5% (300  ±172) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 37,295 (±0.5% / ±2,382)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

35.3 minutes ±1.8 (145,475  ±15,894) 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

3,685 ±162 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 203,141 ±1,022
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
3 ±0.1 (11,146  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 523,929 (±0 / ±231)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

6.9% ±3.6% (171  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 4.7% † 5,354 (±0.5% / ±571)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

3,827 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 218,096 ±140
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$865,700 ±$34,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $556,000 ±$6,716
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

5.5% ±2.3% (621  ±255.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Plymouth County: 8.7% 46,256 (±0.5% / ±2,870.2)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.9% ±5.2% (7,140  ±452.4) 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)
69.6% ±4.5% (5,077  ±371.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 41.8% 159,059 (±0.8% / ±2,834)
  • about 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

3.4% ±1.2% (387  ±141) 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

4.2% ±1.3% (340  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 5.7% 24,212 (±0.3% / ±1,217)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
340 Total veterans ±102 331 Male ±99 9 Female ±13

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