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West Bridgewater town, Plymouth County, MA

7,648 Population
15.3 square miles 499.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±5.3 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

$48,429 ±$4,175 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
$120,414 ±$18,323 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $105,387 ±$1,819
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

6.3% ±3.7% (474  ±276) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 6.7% 34,547 (±0.4% / ±2,187)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

27.7 minutes ±2.5 (101,475  ±12,945) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 32.6 7,645,185 (±0.4 / ±140,024)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

2,802 ±140 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 198,937 ±1,063
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.7 ±0.1 (7,513  ±18) 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

2% ±1.9% (36  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 4.9% † 5,546 (±0.6% / ±658)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

2,908 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 215,021 ±218
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$453,900 ±$21,475 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Plymouth County: $475,500 ±$4,018
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

6.9% ±3.7% (521  ±,280.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Plymouth County: 10% 52,352 (±0.6% / ±3,228.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

96.8% ±7.8% (5,304  ±,466.9) 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)
39.1% ±5.6% (2,144  ±,315.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 40.5% 151,032 (±0.7% / ±2,657.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

6.4% ±3.5% (489  ±268) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.6% 56,217
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

6.6% ±1.9% (406  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 6.2% 26,101 (±0.3% / ±1,226)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
406 Total veterans ±114 326 Male ±91 80 Female ±65

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