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Whitman town, Plymouth County, MA

15,116 Population
6.9 square miles 2,179.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,764 ±$2,168 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $48,785 ±$682
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$94,919 ±$7,163 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Plymouth County: $98,190 ±$1,711
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

4.9% ±2% (737  ±304) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.5% 33,710 (±0.4% / ±2,056)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

30.3 minutes ±1 (240,290  ±16,771) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Plymouth County: 33 7,917,180 (±0.4 / ±131,254)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

5,684 ±257 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 196,307 ±1,142
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.7 ±0.1 (15,048  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 515,914 (±0 / ±960)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

7.9% ±3.6% (287  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 5.4% † 6,142 (±0.6% / ±634)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

5,906 ±257 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 213,262 ±370
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$368,600 ±$10,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Plymouth County: $409,600 ±$5,199
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

8.5% ±2.2% (1,271  ±331.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.1% 52,710 (±0.6% / ±3,366.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

95.2% ±5.9% (9,904  ±691.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
26.6% ±3.4% (2,764  ±361.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Plymouth County: 39.3% 145,456 (±0.7% / ±2,639.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

4.2% ±1.3% (628  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Plymouth County: 10.2% 54,014 (±0.4% / ±2,105)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

5.1% ±1.1% (599  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 6.4% 26,622 (±0.3% / ±1,123)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
599 Total veterans ±131 548 Male ±132 51 Female ±47

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