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Rockland town, Plymouth County, MA

17,953 Population
10 square miles 1,790.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,876 ±$3,634 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $43,412 ±$680
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$78,011 ±$9,803 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $89,489 ±$1,497
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

8.3% ±2.5% (1,469  ±435) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 7.4% 37,248 (±0.5% / ±2,398)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

29.8 minutes ±1.9 (269,215  ±23,535) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 33.8 8,407,250 (±0.5 / ±140,447)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

6,959 ±321 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 187,460 ±1,194
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.6 ±0.1 (17,736  ±123) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.7 504,009 (±0 / ±901)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

5.4% ±2.8% (224  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 5.4% 6,205 (±0.5% / ±583)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

7,474 ±369 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 207,003 ±384
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$310,800 ±$12,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $370,300 ±$2,553
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

9.8% ±2.6% (1,748  ±460.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Plymouth County: 10.1% 51,352 (±0.5% / ±2,583.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

94.8% ±5.2% (12,041  ±792.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
33.7% ±3.8% (4,283  ±503.3) 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

6.3% ±2.5% (1,136  ±456) 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)

6.2% ±1.6% (870  ±222) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 28,494 (±0.3% / ±1,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
870 Total veterans ±222 829 Male ±214 41 Female ±41

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