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Abington town, Plymouth County, MA

16,557 Population
10 square miles 1,662.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,446 ±$2,616 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $45,378 ±$872
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$106,001 ±$4,150 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $92,906 ±$2,042
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

5.1% ±1.8% (837  ±295) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.7% 33,757 (±0.5% / ±2,320)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

36.6 minutes ±2.3 (314,885  ±26,968) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 33.2 8,159,990 (±0.4 / ±136,787)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

6,081 ±395 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 190,355 ±1,072
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.7 ±0.2 (16,422  ±67) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 2.7 507,173 (±0 / ±790)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

9.2% ±5% (375  ±208) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 5.4% 6,167 (±0.5% / ±583)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

6,397 ±423 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 208,056 ±369
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$385,000 ±$16,373 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $386,600 ±$3,539
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

17.4% ±5.8% (2,787  ±934.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 10.1% 51,900 (±0.6% / ±3,169)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

95.1% ±6% (10,871  ±815.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 92.8% 336,986 (±1.3% / ±4,543.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
38.3% ±3.8% (4,373  ±471.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 38.1% 138,366 (±0.7% / ±2,689.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

8.9% ±2.6% (1,472  ±427) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 9.8% 50,546 (±0.4% / ±2,078)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

6.1% ±1.6% (773  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.7% 27,352 (±0.3% / ±1,062)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
773 Total veterans ±211 691 Male ±187 82 Female ±95

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