Community & Data
Hingham Demographics
A Portrait of Hingham
Hingham sits on the southwestern corner of Boston Harbor, 14 miles from the city, across 22.2 square miles of land and 2.8 of water, at about 1,094 people to the square mile. Roughly a quarter of its residents are 65 or over and nearly a quarter are under 18, so the town carries a school system and an elder services center at the same time and pays for both out of the same Town Meeting vote. Four in five of its homes are owner-occupied and households average 2.5 people. 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), American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024.
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 24,284
- Households: 9,689
- Persons per household: 2.5
- Foreign-born: 5.2% of residents
- Land area: 22.2 square miles
- People per square mile (2020): 1,094
- Age 65 and over: 26.0%
- Under 18: 23.4%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 93.0%
- Asian: 2.4%
- Black or African American: 0.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 2.4%
- Two or more races: 3.3%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 6.5%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $178,390
- Poverty rate: 4.3%
- Median home value: $1,134,200
- Median gross rent: $2,465
- Homeownership: 80.7% of units
- In the labor force: 57.7%
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 August 22, 2026. As in most of the state, Hingham’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 bloc every candidate has to win.
- Total registered: 19,761
- Unenrolled (no party): 13,034 (65.96%)
- Democrats: 4,271 (21.61%)
- Republicans: 2,314 (11.71%)
- Political designations: 142 (0.72%)
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, Hingham
- MA Secretary of the Commonwealth, Voter Registration
- MA DESE, Hingham
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Elections Calendar: August 22, 2026 was the last day to register to vote and change party enrollment for the September 1, 2026 state primary (G. L. c. 51, sections 26 and 28), which is the date this enrollment count is as of.
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