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Rockland town, Plymouth County, MA

17,709 Population
10 square miles 1,765.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 42.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$48,224 ±$5,039 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $55,965 ±$1,072
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$101,475 ±$9,448 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $109,698 ±$2,047
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

7.5% ±2.9% (1,313  ±515) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 36,987 (±0.5% / ±2,451)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

29.8 minutes ±2.9 (242,610  ±31,286) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 32.9 7,554,580 (±0.6 / ±161,232)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

6,662 ±420 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 200,995 ±1,063
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.6 ±0.2 (17,522  ±23) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 520,973 (±0 / ±325)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

9% ±4.4% (331  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Plymouth County: 4.9% † 5,565 (±0.5% / ±563)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

7,046 ±484 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 216,654 ±217
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$452,300 ±$10,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $513,000 ±$8,198
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

7.8% ±2.9% (1,374  ±513.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 9.3% 49,243 (±0.6% / ±2,933.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

96.1% ±5.9% (12,097  ±952.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 93.2% 350,723 (±1.2% / ±4,517.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
34.3% ±4.2% (4,318  ±569.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 41.2% 155,019 (±0.7% / ±2,609.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

8.7% ±3.5% (1,544  ±621) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.8% 57,268
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

6% ±1.9% (827  ±260) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 6% 25,345 (±0.3% / ±1,276)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
827 Total veterans ±260 686 Male ±213 141 Female ±146

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