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Plymouth County, MA

542,090 Population
658.5 square miles 823.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,057 ±$1,737 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$113,188 ±$5,090 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.1% ±1% (37,552  ±5,302) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

34.9 minutes ±1 (8,509,525  ±319,186) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

206,821 ±2,701 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (530,664  ±282) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±1.3% (4,747  ±1,530) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

220,710 ±126 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$602,600 ±$11,703 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.8% ±1% (36,286  ±5,184.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.1% ±2.5% (357,123  ±9,730.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.3% ±1.6% (160,127  ±6,235.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.8% (64,132  ±5,143) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.7% ±0.5% (20,412  ±1,991) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
20,412 Total veterans ±1,991 19,304 Male ±1,907 1,108 Female ±521

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