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Plympton town, Plymouth County, MA

2,954 Population
14.7 square miles 201.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±2.7 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

$41,527 ±$5,618 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Plymouth County: $43,412 ±$680
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$94,167 ±$17,655 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $89,489 ±$1,497
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

3.9% ±2.3% (115  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 7.4% 37,248 (±0.5% / ±2,398)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

35.9 minutes ±3.6 (50,925  ±7,166) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 33.8 8,407,250 (±0.5 / ±140,447)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

1,010 ±70 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 187,460 ±1,194
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.9 ±0.2 (2,952  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.7 504,009 (±0 / ±901)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

3.9% ±2.7% (24  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds 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

1,072 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 207,003 ±384
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$383,600 ±$17,649 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $370,300 ±$2,553
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

8.9% ±4.3% (261  ±124.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.1% 51,352 (±0.5% / ±2,583.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

96.6% ±8.1% (2,073  ±189.6) 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)
33.3% ±4.9% (714  ±109.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 37.6% 135,077 (±0.6% / ±2,276.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.2% ±2% (94  ±60) 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)

6.8% ±1.8% (162  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 28,494 (±0.3% / ±1,071)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
162 Total veterans ±43 162 Male ±43 N/A Female ±12

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