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Scituate town, Plymouth County, MA

19,145 Population
17.2 square miles 1,112.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 42.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$84,117 ±$9,729 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $55,965 ±$1,072
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$131,861 ±$14,446 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Plymouth County: $109,698 ±$2,047
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

2.4% ±0.8% (462  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Plymouth County: 7.1% 36,987 (±0.5% / ±2,451)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

38.3 minutes ±0.6 (286,065  ±22,283) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Plymouth County: 32.9 7,554,580 (±0.6 / ±161,232)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

7,735 ±384 Number of households
  • Plymouth County: 200,995 ±1,063
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.5 ±0.1 (18,971  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Plymouth County: 2.6 520,973 (±0 / ±325)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

5.1% ±1.7% (176  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 4.9% † 5,565 (±0.5% / ±563)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

8,475 ±453 Number of housing units
  • Plymouth County: 216,654 ±217
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$789,000 ±$35,280 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Plymouth County: $513,000 ±$8,198
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

11.9% ±3.3% (2,261  ±621.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 9.3% 49,243 (±0.6% / ±2,933.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

97.7% ±5% (13,339  ±827.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Plymouth County: 93.2% 350,723 (±1.2% / ±4,517.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
66.7% ±4% (9,105  ±625.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Plymouth County: 41.2% 155,019 (±0.7% / ±2,609.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

5.2% ±1.8% (1,001  ±349) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Plymouth County: 10.8% 57,268
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

5.2% ±1.2% (783  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Plymouth County: 6% 25,345 (±0.3% / ±1,276)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
783 Total veterans ±182 743 Male ±168 40 Female ±65

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