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Marshfield, MA

4,868 Population
5.1 square miles 963.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$54,716 ±$13,927 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $58,400 ±$359
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$93,491 ±$15,833 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $107,117 ±$644
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

17.5% ±15.7% (851  ±786) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9% 427,292 (±0.2% / ±8,282)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

32.7 minutes ±11.5 (66,945  ±13,522) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.8 67,283,520 (±0.1 / ±400,941)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

1,896 ±271 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,913,599 ±3,983
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.6 ±0.4 (4,854  ±1,038) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,758,954 (±0 / ±438)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

7% ±7.1% (62  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.3% 51,966 (±0.2% / ±1,961)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

2,033 ±264 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,033,504 ±334
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$570,400 ±$87,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $570,000 ±$2,124
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

8.9% ±5.3% (430  ±,270.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.8% 624,686 (±0.2% / ±9,991.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

96.7% ±19.8% (3,113  ±,420.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.1% 3,188,341 (±0.4% / ±13,932.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
53.1% ±5.1% (1,711  ±,309.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 50.5% 1,748,814 (±0.3% / ±9,700.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

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

3.7% ±2.2% (182  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.6% 962,256
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

7.9% ±3.2% (287  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.4% 172,434 (±0.1% / ±3,265)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
287 Total veterans ±125 287 Male ±125 N/A Female ±14

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