Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Hanson
Hanson is an inland South Shore town of about 15 square miles, set among ponds and old cranberry bogs in Plymouth County. It is a settled, homeowning place: about nine in ten of its housing units are owner-occupied, households average 2.6 people, and roughly one resident in five is 65 or over while a slightly larger share is under 18. About one resident in eighteen was born outside the United States. 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): 10,639
- Households: 4,028
- Persons per household: 2.6
- Foreign-born: 5.7% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 19.8%
- Under 18: 21.6%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 89.1%
- Asian: 3.4%
- Black or African American: 0.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 1.8%
- Two or more races: 5.8%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 8.4%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $111,897
- Poverty rate: 2.6%
- Median home value: $496,200
- Median gross rent: $1,912
- Homeownership: 90.2% of units
- In the labor force: 65.8%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, Hanson’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 8,741
- Unenrolled (no party): 6,197 (70.90%)
- Democrats: 1,278 (14.62%)
- Republicans: 1,173 (13.42%)
Sources
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