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Rockland town, Plymouth County, MA

17,721 Population
10 square miles 1,766.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$46,188 ±$4,943 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $53,423 ±$991
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$98,295 ±$10,735 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $105,387 ±$1,819
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

7.3% ±2.6% (1,273  ±449) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 6.7% 34,547 (±0.4% / ±2,187)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

29.3 minutes ±2.5 (255,700  ±29,151) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 32.6 7,645,185 (±0.4 / ±140,024)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

6,821 ±439 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 198,937 ±1,063
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.6 ±0.2 (17,528  ±57) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 518,574 (±0 / ±456)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

6.8% ±3.8% (257  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Plymouth County: 4.9% † 5,546 (±0.6% / ±658)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

7,317 ±448 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 215,021 ±218
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$422,500 ±$14,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $475,500 ±$4,018
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

8.6% ±2.9% (1,511  ±,509.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 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

94.7% ±5.8% (12,059  ±,946.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
33.2% ±3.7% (4,222  ±,519.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 40.5% 151,032 (±0.7% / ±2,657.5)
  • about three-quarters of 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

8.1% ±2.8% (1,430  ±501) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.6% 56,217
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

6% ±2% (839  ±276) 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)
839 Total veterans ±276 700 Male ±220 139 Female ±147

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