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Plymouth town, Plymouth County, MA

60,024 Population
96.4 square miles 622.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$45,995 ±$2,004 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $43,412 ±$680
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$90,279 ±$3,225 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $89,489 ±$1,497
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

6.5% ±1.2% (3,770  ±685) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 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)

33 minutes ±1.2 (941,720  ±44,818) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 33.8 8,407,250 (±0.5 / ±140,447)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

23,345 ±406 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 187,460 ±1,194
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.5 ±0 (58,258  ±268) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 2.7 504,009 (±0 / ±901)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

2.6% ±0.9% (322  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 5.4% 6,205 (±0.5% / ±583)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

27,390 ±454 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 207,003 ±384
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$370,100 ±$5,442 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Plymouth County: $370,300 ±$2,553
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

11.1% ±1.6% (6,614  ±962.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 10.1% 51,352 (±0.5% / ±2,583.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

95.3% ±2.8% (42,756  ±1,391.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 92.9% 333,761 (±1% / ±3,713.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
38.4% ±1.9% (17,216  ±868.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 37.6% 135,077 (±0.6% / ±2,276.6)
  • about 90 percent of 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

6.5% ±1.2% (3,894  ±724) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Plymouth County: 9.6% 49,207 (±0.4% / ±1,796)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

8.2% ±0.9% (4,031  ±432) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 28,494 (±0.3% / ±1,071)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
4,031 Total veterans ±432 3,830 Male ±392 201 Female ±99

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