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Plymouth town, Plymouth County, MA

66,676 Population
96.4 square miles 691.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 43.4 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$56,364 ±$5,055 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $56,057 ±$1,737
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$116,304 ±$11,491 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $113,188 ±$5,090
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

9.1% ±3.4% (5,864  ±2,193) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% † 37,552 (±1% / ±5,302)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)

31.3 minutes ±1.5 (832,585  ±52,122) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • 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)

Families

27,392 ±1,765 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 206,821 ±2,701
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.4 ±0.2 (64,606  ±88) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 530,664 (±0 / ±282)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

3.7% ±3.3% (490  ±446) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 4.1% † 4,747 (±1.3% / ±1,530)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

29,314 ±1,852 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 220,710 ±126
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$591,000 ±$28,080 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $602,600 ±$11,703
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

5.5% ±2.1% (3,597  ±1,367) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.8% † 36,286 (±1% / ±5,184.8)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

95.5% ±5.6% (47,807  ±3,739.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 92.1% 357,123 (±2.5% / ±9,730.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
46.1% ±4.7% (23,063  ±2,657.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 41.3% 160,127 (±1.6% / ±6,235.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)

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

5.6% ±1.6% (3,719  ±1,069) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 11.8% 64,132
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

6.1% ±2% (3,320  ±1,100) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Plymouth County: 4.7% 20,412 (±0.5% / ±1,991)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
3,320 Total veterans ±1,100 3,225 Male ±1,094 95 Female ±161

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