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Norfolk town, Norfolk County, MA

11,531 Population
14.9 square miles 774 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Norfolk County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$52,240 ±$3,833 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Norfolk County: $60,406 ±$761
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$168,281 ±$15,862 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Norfolk County: $112,089 ±$1,589
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

1.5% ±1.2% (137  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Norfolk County: 6.3% 43,922 (±0.3% / ±2,333)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

38.7 minutes ±3.4 (144,270  ±21,996) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 33.6 10,873,720 (±0.3 / ±145,332)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

2,967 ±154 Number of households
  • Norfolk County: 276,744 ±928
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
3.1 ±0.2 (9,288  ±259) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 2.5 702,433 (±0 / ±1,014)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

5.6% ±3.1% (111  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Norfolk County: 4.2% 7,158 (±0.4% / ±632)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

3,111 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Norfolk County: 289,052 ±449
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$563,800 ±$21,660 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Norfolk County: $529,200 ±$6,586
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

16.5% ±3.2% (1,880  ±363.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Norfolk County: 11.2% 79,613 (±0.5% / ±3,295.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

92.4% ±4.2% (7,446  ±438.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Norfolk County: 94.2% 477,397 (±1% / ±5,154.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
50.4% ±3.7% (4,060  ±331.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Norfolk County: 55.5% 281,499 (±0.8% / ±3,781.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

7.6% ±1.9% (881  ±220) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Norfolk County: 19.2% 138,035 (±0.4% / ±2,581)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

4.9% ±1.2% (427  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Norfolk County: 4.6% 25,891 (±0.2% / ±993)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
427 Total veterans ±108 422 Male ±108 5 Female ±8

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