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Norfolk County (Northeast)--Weymouth, Braintree, Randolph & Cohasset PUMA, MA

144,339 Population
50.1 square miles 2,878.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$58,688 ±$5,069 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$114,846 ±$9,096 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.9% ±2.5% (12,712  ±3,546) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

36.4 minutes ±1.6 (2,586,060  ±182,204) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

56,981 ±1,984 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (142,629  ±2,636) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.4% ±1.6% (1,608  ±601) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

59,899 ±2,180 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$626,600 ±$16,167 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.2% ±2.8% (16,011  ±3,978.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.5% ±4.5% (99,484  ±5,573.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
47.1% ±3.3% (50,077  ±3,746.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

25.4% ±1.5% (33,894  ±1,992.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 25.1% 1,679,100 (±0.2% / ±11,808.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

20.2% ±2.8% (29,189  ±4,001) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4% ±1% (4,764  ±1,200) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,764 Total veterans ±1,200 4,429 Male ±1,202 335 Female ±227

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