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Plymouth town, Plymouth County, MA

65,405 Population
96.4 square miles 678.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 43.2 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$55,580 ±$4,430 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $55,037 ±$1,693
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$106,626 ±$8,012 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $108,742 ±$4,441
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

7.2% ±3.2% (4,576  ±2,069) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 7.7% † 40,418 (±1.2% / ±6,457)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

30.4 minutes ±1 (820,875  ±46,525) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 32.9 7,554,580 (±0.6 / ±161,232)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

28,269 ±1,975 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 203,356 ±2,824
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.3 ±0.2 (63,751  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 524,671 (±0 / ±91)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613

5.6% ±3.1% (791  ±456) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 5.4% † 6,139 (±1.3% / ±1,502)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

30,911 ±2,062 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 219,732 ±78
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$546,800 ±$37,016 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Plymouth County: $568,500 ±$14,401
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

7.2% ±3.6% (4,689  ±2,343.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 8.2% † 43,578 (±1.3% / ±7,055)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

96.7% ±6.1% (48,647  ±3,839.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 93.4% 357,279 (±2.6% / ±9,962.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
43.1% ±4.7% (21,690  ±2,561.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 41.1% 157,010 (±1.6% / ±6,308.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

7.7% ±3.8% (5,049  ±2,492) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Plymouth County: 11.6% 62,288
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580

5.8% ±1.6% (3,193  ±860) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 5.7% † 24,036 (±0.6% / ±2,468)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
3,193 Total veterans ±860 3,066 Male ±836 127 Female ±157

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