Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Abington
Abington fits 17,062 people into 9.96 square miles of Plymouth County, about 1,713 to the square mile, which makes it one of the smallest towns in the county by land and one of the denser ones by people. The numbers describe a town of families who own their homes: 22.6 percent of residents are under 18, 74.2 percent of housing units are lived in by their owners, and the median household income is $119,787. The median home value is $516,300 and the poverty rate is 5.7 percent. About 9.9 percent of residents were born outside the United States and 12.6 percent speak a language other than English at home. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 17,062
- Households: 6,438
- Persons per household: 2.6
- Foreign-born: 9.9% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 12.5%
- Under 18: 22.6%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 86.1%
- Asian: 3.4%
- Black or African American: 0.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 3.5%
- Two or more races: 6.7%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 12.6%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $119,787
- Poverty rate: 5.7%
- Median home value: $516,300
- Median gross rent: $1,547
- Homeownership: 74.2% of units
- In the labor force: 75.0%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Abington’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, and they can still vote in either party’s primary, which makes them the group every candidate has to win.
- Total registered: 12,916
- Unenrolled (no party): 9,087 (70.35%)
- Democrats: 2,482 (19.22%)
- Republicans: 1,246 (9.65%)
Sources
See how Abington fits into the broader Commonwealth.