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Scituate town, Plymouth County, MA

19,365 Population
17.2 square miles 1,125 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±3.1 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

$84,308 ±$7,529 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $57,650 ±$958
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$136,732 ±$15,903 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $114,201 ±$1,841
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

2.9% ±0.8% (556  ±160) 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)

38.1 minutes ±4.6 (266,140  ±22,638) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 32.5 7,408,100 (±0.5 / ±157,141)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

7,705 ±360 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 203,141 ±1,022
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.1 (19,197  ±34) 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

4.8% ±2.2% (165  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 4.7% † 5,354 (±0.5% / ±571)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

8,416 ±387 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 218,096 ±140
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$847,600 ±$25,135 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

10.8% ±3.3% (2,077  ±630.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 8.7% 46,256 (±0.5% / ±2,870.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.7% ±4.9% (13,504  ±799.6) 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)
66.8% ±3.7% (9,227  ±589.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 41.8% 159,059 (±0.8% / ±2,834)
  • about 1.4 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

5.3% ±1.8% (1,030  ±354) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 11.2% 59,846
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

4.9% ±1.3% (743  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 5.7% 24,212 (±0.3% / ±1,217)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
743 Total veterans ±202 692 Male ±185 51 Female ±71

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