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Rochester town, Plymouth County, MA

5,727 Population
33.6 square miles 170.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$53,735 ±$5,726 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $53,423 ±$991
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$114,604 ±$6,747 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $105,387 ±$1,819
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

3% ±2.2% (173  ±127) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 6.7% 34,547 (±0.4% / ±2,187)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

31.2 minutes ±3.1 (88,160  ±13,123) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 32.6 7,645,185 (±0.4 / ±140,024)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

2,117 ±136 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 198,937 ±1,063
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.7 ±0.2 (5,721  ±14) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 518,574 (±0 / ±456)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

4.8% ±3.9% (62  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 4.9% † 5,546 (±0.6% / ±658)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

2,154 ±137 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 215,021 ±218
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$484,000 ±$19,509 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $475,500 ±$4,018
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

7.9% ±6.5% (444  ±,367.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 10% 52,352 (±0.6% / ±3,228.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

96.9% ±9.2% (3,924  ±,419.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 93.1% 346,868 (±1.2% / ±4,442.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
48.7% ±7% (1,972  ±,298.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 40.5% 151,032 (±0.7% / ±2,657.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

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

4.9% ±2.7% (278  ±156) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 10.6% 56,217
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

5.9% ±2.4% (262  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 6.2% 26,101 (±0.3% / ±1,226)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
262 Total veterans ±107 262 Male ±107 N/A Female ±19

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