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Scituate town, Plymouth County, MA

19,016 Population
17.2 square miles 1,104.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$75,401 ±$7,310 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $48,785 ±$682
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$129,132 ±$16,962 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Plymouth County: $98,190 ±$1,711
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

2.2% ±1.1% (412  ±202) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.5% 33,710 (±0.4% / ±2,056)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

36.6 minutes ±4.5 (296,550  ±24,481) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 33 7,917,180 (±0.4 / ±131,254)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

7,549 ±396 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 196,307 ±1,142
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.5 ±0.1 (18,844  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 515,914 (±0 / ±960)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

3.6% ±1.6% (128  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Plymouth County: 5.4% † 6,142 (±0.6% / ±634)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

8,419 ±439 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 213,262 ±370
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$634,000 ±$15,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $409,600 ±$5,199
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

12.6% ±4% (2,383  ±747.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 10.1% 52,710 (±0.6% / ±3,366.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

97% ±5.1% (13,398  ±829.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 93% 343,999 (±1.2% / ±4,343.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
62.6% ±3.9% (8,642  ±608.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 39.3% 145,456 (±0.7% / ±2,639.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

6.3% ±1.6% (1,193  ±298) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.2% 54,014 (±0.4% / ±2,105)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

5.7% ±1.4% (864  ±210) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.4% 26,622 (±0.3% / ±1,123)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
864 Total veterans ±210 807 Male ±212 57 Female ±75

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