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Scituate town, Plymouth County, MA

18,839 Population
17.2 square miles 1,094.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$71,813 ±$5,379 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $45,378 ±$872
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$122,241 ±$18,857 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Plymouth County: $92,906 ±$2,042
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

2.6% ±1.3% (488  ±241) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.7% 33,757 (±0.5% / ±2,320)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

37.1 minutes ±4.5 (324,245  ±26,179) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 33.2 8,159,990 (±0.4 / ±136,787)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

7,642 ±399 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 190,355 ±1,072
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.4 ±0.1 (18,655  ±85) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 2.7 507,173 (±0 / ±790)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

3.3% ±1.9% (103  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 5.4% 6,167 (±0.5% / ±583)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

8,519 ±378 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 208,056 ±369
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$610,600 ±$17,509 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $386,600 ±$3,539
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

10.7% ±2.9% (2,003  ±536.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 10.1% 51,900 (±0.6% / ±3,169)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

96.9% ±5.7% (13,788  ±880.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 92.8% 336,986 (±1.3% / ±4,543.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
60.3% ±4.3% (8,587  ±648.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 38.1% 138,366 (±0.7% / ±2,689.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

5.5% ±2.3% (1,038  ±441) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 9.8% 50,546 (±0.4% / ±2,078)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

6.2% ±1.3% (959  ±208) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.7% 27,352 (±0.3% / ±1,062)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
959 Total veterans ±208 950 Male ±206 9 Female ±14

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