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Hingham, MA

6,461 Population
3.1 square miles 2,085.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$90,865 ±$12,729 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $47,604 ±$250
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$161,607 ±$33,488 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $90,333 ±$514
  • about double the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

2.8% ±1.4% (181  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9.4% 437,149 (±0.2% / ±7,537)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

37.4 minutes ±0.9 (97,855  ±15,379) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.8 77,621,175 (±0.1 / ±334,975)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

2,225 ±183 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,831,217 ±3,880
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.9 ±0.2 (6,451  ±632) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.6 4,666,743 (±0 / ±1,671)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

6.5% ±3.7% (89  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.5% 53,841 (±0.2% / ±1,813)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

2,234 ±184 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,958,456 ±881
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$889,700 ±$58,927 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $437,500 ±$1,325
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

5.1% ±3% (325  ±192.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 13.3% 636,747 (±0.2% / ±8,501.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

98.4% ±12.6% (4,095  ±367.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 91.7% 3,097,729 (±0.4% / ±12,389.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
76.9% ±2.6% (3,200  ±309.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 48.1% 1,624,469 (±0.2% / ±8,173.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

3.5% ±2.8% (226  ±179) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 18.9% 913,319 (±0.2% / ±7,361)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

5% ±2% (228  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 5.1% 197,455 (±0.1% / ±2,535)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
228 Total veterans ±93 228 Male ±93 N/A Female ±17

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