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Hingham town, Plymouth County, MA

24,185 Population
22.2 square miles 1,089.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$104,438 ±$7,386 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Plymouth County: $55,965 ±$1,072
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$181,017 ±$24,325 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $109,698 ±$2,047
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

3.3% ±1.1% (781  ±254) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 36,987 (±0.5% / ±2,451)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

37.9 minutes ±2.3 (275,375  ±28,437) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 32.9 7,554,580 (±0.6 / ±161,232)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

9,558 ±358 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 200,995 ±1,063
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.5 ±0.1 (23,872  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 520,973 (±0 / ±325)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

5% ±1.9% (215  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 4.9% † 5,565 (±0.5% / ±563)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

10,059 ±369 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 216,654 ±217
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$1,075,100 ±$48,666 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Plymouth County: $513,000 ±$8,198
  • about double the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

9.2% ±2.4% (2,201  ±580.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 9.3% 49,243 (±0.6% / ±2,933.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

98.2% ±5% (16,823  ±949.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 93.2% 350,723 (±1.2% / ±4,517.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
75.3% ±4.5% (12,912  ±836.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Plymouth County: 41.2% 155,019 (±0.7% / ±2,609.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

5.1% ±1.4% (1,223  ±341) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 10.8% 57,268
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

4.6% ±1.4% (845  ±254) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 6% 25,345 (±0.3% / ±1,276)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
845 Total veterans ±254 812 Male ±248 33 Female ±31

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