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Shirley, MA

1,256 Population
1.3 square miles 952.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±16.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$47,805 ±$8,878 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $61,389 ±$358
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
N/A Median household income

4.2% ±4.1% (53  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 424,129 (±0.2% / ±8,958)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

35.8 minutes ±25.4 (19,010  ±6,821) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.5 64,916,764 (±0.1 / ±411,878)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

583 ±172 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,925,474 ±3,766
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.3 (1,256  ±409) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,760,875
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

583 ±172 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,046,121 ±378
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$378,700 ±$47,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $610,900 ±$2,066
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

16.2% ±20.7% (203  ±268.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.5% 610,746 (±0.2% / ±9,345.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

100% ±9.9% (973  ±295.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.3% 3,212,042 (±0.4% / ±14,733.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
41.5% ±16.8% (404  ±200.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 51.2% 1,782,685 (±0.3% / ±10,606.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.1% ±7.3% (64  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.7% 966,395
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

4.4% ±6.6% (45  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.2% 165,842 (±0.1% / ±2,944)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
45 Total veterans ±69 45 Male ±69 N/A Female ±14

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