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Marshfield town, Plymouth County, MA

25,838 Population
28.7 square miles 901.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$48,190 ±$3,094 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $43,412 ±$680
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$102,560 ±$5,764 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $89,489 ±$1,497
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

6.2% ±2.4% (1,589  ±626) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 7.4% 37,248 (±0.5% / ±2,398)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

36.9 minutes ±1.8 (461,900  ±31,946) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 33.8 8,407,250 (±0.5 / ±140,447)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

9,649 ±315 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 187,460 ±1,194
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.7 ±0.1 (25,756  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 2.7 504,009 (±0 / ±901)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

4.1% ±1.9% (231  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 5.4% 6,205 (±0.5% / ±583)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

11,204 ±360 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 207,003 ±384
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$460,900 ±$12,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $370,300 ±$2,553
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

6.1% ±1.7% (1,553  ±427.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.1% 51,352 (±0.5% / ±2,583.7)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

96.8% ±4.5% (17,731  ±892.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 92.9% 333,761 (±1% / ±3,713.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
48% ±3.2% (8,792  ±604.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Plymouth County: 37.6% 135,077 (±0.6% / ±2,276.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

3% ±0.9% (781  ±230) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Plymouth County: 9.6% 49,207 (±0.4% / ±1,796)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

6.5% ±1.3% (1,322  ±259) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 28,494 (±0.3% / ±1,071)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
1,322 Total veterans ±259 1,227 Male ±252 95 Female ±85

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