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Whitman town, Plymouth County, MA

14,961 Population
6.9 square miles 2,157 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$36,032 ±$2,316 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $41,343 ±$498
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$83,066 ±$5,160 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Plymouth County: $85,654 ±$1,241
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

6% ±2.1% (896  ±317) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 7.6% 38,264 (±0.5% / ±2,427)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

32.2 minutes ±2.2 (257,845  ±21,756) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 33.3 8,204,660 (±0.3 / ±102,017)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

5,379 ±178 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 186,306 ±956
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.8 ±0.1 (14,894  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.7 500,736 (±0 / ±826)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

4.5% ±2% (167  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 5.1% 5,818 (±0.5% / ±567)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

5,536 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 205,841 ±345
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$300,200 ±$13,010 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $356,700 ±$2,663
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

7% ±1.8% (1,034  ±269.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.4% 52,751 (±0.6% / ±2,778.1)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

94% ±4.5% (9,403  ±526.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Plymouth County: 92.9% 330,162 (±1% / ±3,629.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
29.3% ±2.9% (2,930  ±305.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 36.7% 130,354 (±0.6% / ±2,224.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

2.8% ±0.9% (422  ±141) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Plymouth County: 9.3% 47,801 (±0.4% / ±2,129)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

7.9% ±1.6% (913  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 7.5% 29,831 (±0.3% / ±1,015)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
913 Total veterans ±184 798 Male ±159 115 Female ±56

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