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Shirley, MA

1,146 Population
1.3 square miles 869.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±14.6 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
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,273 ±$9,610 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $63,282 ±$361
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$108,494 ±$61,712 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $115,863 ±$796
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.9% ±4.8% (68  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 428,080 (±0.2% / ±7,208)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.6 minutes ±25.2 (16,185  ±7,012) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.3 63,123,320 (±0.1 / ±374,911)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

503 ±206 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,940,688 ±3,871
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (1,146  ±498) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,788,006
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

503 ±206 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,059,059 ±400
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$395,800 ±$50,372 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $646,300 ±$2,040
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.4% ±18.8% (176  ±228.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.2% 597,882 (±0.2% / ±9,253)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.9% ±51.7% (849  ±281.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.2% 3,237,215 (±0.4% / ±13,892.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47.4% ±13% (411  ±203) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 52% 1,823,693 (±0.3% / ±9,675.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.8% ±6% (43  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 20% 991,133
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±14 N/A Male ±14 N/A Female ±14

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