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Whitman town, Plymouth County, MA

15,295 Population
6.9 square miles 2,205.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 43 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$46,106 ±$2,691 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $57,650 ±$958
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$108,933 ±$13,577 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Plymouth County: $114,201 ±$1,841
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

7.9% ±2.6% (1,209  ±400) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 37,295 (±0.5% / ±2,382)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

36.1 minutes ±4 (270,545  ±34,542) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 32.5 7,408,100 (±0.5 / ±157,141)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

5,742 ±275 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 203,141 ±1,022
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.7 ±0.1 (15,227  ±57) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 523,929 (±0 / ±231)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

5.8% ±2.9% (222  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 4.7% † 5,354 (±0.5% / ±571)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

5,980 ±284 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 218,096 ±140
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$472,700 ±$11,725 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $556,000 ±$6,716
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

8.3% ±3.3% (1,250  ±503.6) 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

93.8% ±5.7% (9,754  ±683) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 93.1% 353,952 (±1.2% / ±4,602.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
31.3% ±3.4% (3,252  ±372.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 41.8% 159,059 (±0.8% / ±2,834)
  • about two-thirds 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

7.2% ±3% (1,096  ±452) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Plymouth County: 11.2% 59,846
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

4.4% ±0.9% (531  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 5.7% 24,212 (±0.3% / ±1,217)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
531 Total veterans ±113 522 Male ±111 9 Female ±14

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