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Marshfield town, Plymouth County, MA

25,754 Population
28.7 square miles 898.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$43,141 ±$2,883 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $41,343 ±$498
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$96,514 ±$10,341 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $85,654 ±$1,241
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

7.3% ±2.7% (1,877  ±688) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 7.6% 38,264 (±0.5% / ±2,427)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

35.7 minutes ±2.1 (440,950  ±31,027) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 33.3 8,204,660 (±0.3 / ±102,017)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

9,545 ±366 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 186,306 ±956
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.7 ±0.1 (25,672  ±76) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 2.7 500,736 (±0 / ±826)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

2.7% ±1.4% (153  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 5.1% 5,818 (±0.5% / ±567)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

10,919 ±389 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 205,841 ±345
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$441,800 ±$13,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $356,700 ±$2,663
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

8% ±2.4% (2,039  ±605.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.4% 52,751 (±0.6% / ±2,778.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

95.6% ±4.2% (16,912  ±853.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 92.9% 330,162 (±1% / ±3,629.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
45% ±2.9% (7,963  ±546) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 36.7% 130,354 (±0.6% / ±2,224.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

5.3% ±2% (1,361  ±510) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 9.3% 47,801 (±0.4% / ±2,129)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

7.6% ±1.1% (1,508  ±219) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 7.5% 29,831 (±0.3% / ±1,015)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
1,508 Total veterans ±219 1,395 Male ±216 113 Female ±88

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