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Wareham town, Plymouth County, MA

23,302 Population
35.8 square miles 650.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 43 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$49,607 ±$3,719 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $57,650 ±$958
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$90,383 ±$10,660 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $114,201 ±$1,841
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

6.7% ±2.2% (1,555  ±518) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 37,295 (±0.5% / ±2,382)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

27.5 minutes ±2 (285,135  ±32,314) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 32.5 7,408,100 (±0.5 / ±157,141)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

10,395 ±483 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 203,141 ±1,022
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.2 ±0.1 (23,065  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 523,929 (±0 / ±231)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

6.8% ±3.6% (322  ±175) 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

12,752 ±594 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 218,096 ±140
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$424,500 ±$20,571 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Plymouth County: $556,000 ±$6,716
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

8.2% ±2.7% (1,886  ±618.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 8.7% 46,256 (±0.5% / ±2,870.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

93.4% ±6.2% (17,306  ±1,299.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 93.1% 353,952 (±1.2% / ±4,602.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
27.1% ±3.7% (5,013  ±701.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Plymouth County: 41.8% 159,059 (±0.8% / ±2,834)
  • about three-fifths of 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

5.9% ±1.9% (1,368  ±434) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 11.2% 59,846
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

8.5% ±1.6% (1,703  ±325) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 5.7% 24,212 (±0.3% / ±1,217)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
1,703 Total veterans ±325 1,623 Male ±329 80 Female ±102

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