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Marshfield, MA

5,161 Population
5.1 square miles 1,021.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$53,436 ±$13,944 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $63,282 ±$361
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$97,105 ±$23,666 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $115,863 ±$796
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

17.4% ±15.2% (898  ±799) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 428,080 (±0.2% / ±7,208)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

29.3 minutes ±2.8 (58,740  ±15,805) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.3 63,123,320 (±0.1 / ±374,911)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

1,974 ±246 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,940,688 ±3,871
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.6 ±0.3 (5,140  ±913) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,788,006
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

1% ±1.9% (9  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.4% 52,573 (±0.2% / ±1,917)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

2,177 ±265 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,059,059 ±400
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$675,300 ±$61,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $646,300 ±$2,040
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

12.5% ±7.3% (642  ±391.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.2% 597,882 (±0.2% / ±9,253)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

94.9% ±4.7% (3,279  ±452.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.2% 3,237,215 (±0.4% / ±13,892.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
49.9% ±7.6% (1,722  ±344.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 52% 1,823,693 (±0.3% / ±9,675.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

3.6% ±2.3% (183  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 20% 991,133
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

5.1% ±2.1% (193  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4% 158,895 (±0.1% / ±2,917)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
193 Total veterans ±84 193 Male ±84 N/A Female ±19

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