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Plymouth County, MA

535,308 Population
658.5 square miles 812.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,037 ±$1,693 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$108,742 ±$4,441 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.7% ±1.2% (40,418  ±6,457) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

34.6 minutes ±1.2 (8,178,245  ±355,048) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

203,356 ±2,824 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (524,671  ±91) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.4% ±1.3% (6,139  ±1,502) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

219,732 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$568,500 ±$14,401 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.2% ±1.3% (43,578  ±7,055) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.4% ±2.6% (357,279  ±9,962.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
41.1% ±1.6% (157,010  ±6,308.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

11.6% (62,288  ±6,137) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.7% ±0.6% (24,036  ±2,468) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
24,036 Total veterans ±2,468 22,639 Male ±2,551 1,397 Female ±673

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