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Medway Demographics

A Portrait of Medway

Medway covers 11.535 square miles on the western edge of Norfolk County, about 1,137 people to the square mile, and the numbers describe a town that is younger, wealthier and more owner occupied than the Commonwealth as a whole. Nearly one resident in four is under 18. Almost nine homes in ten are lived in by their owners. The median household income is $173,750 and the poverty rate is 3.3 percent. About one resident in thirteen was born outside the United States, and one household in ten speaks 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

13,115Population (2020)
4,744Households
$173,750Median household income
22.5%Under 18

Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov), American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024.

Population & Households

  • Population (2020 Census): 13,115
  • Households: 4,744
  • Persons per household: 2.8
  • Foreign-born: 7.5% of residents
  • Age 65 and over: 15.5%
  • Under 18: 22.5%

Race & Ethnicity

  • White: 83.9%
  • Asian: 5.3%
  • Black or African American: 1.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race): 4.2%
  • Two or more races: 8.4%
  • Speak a language other than English at home: 10.0%

Economy & Housing

  • Median household income: $173,750
  • Poverty rate: 3.3%
  • Median home value: $617,300
  • Median gross rent: $1,575
  • Homeownership: 85.9% of units
  • In the labor force: 76.0%

Registered Voters

Massachusetts publishes voter registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Medway’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, which is worth knowing before anyone tells you how this town votes. It also matters in practice: an unenrolled voter in Massachusetts can take either party’s ballot at a primary, so more than two thirds of Medway can choose which primary to vote in on the day.

  • Total registered: 10,954
  • Unenrolled (no party): 7,680 (70.11%)
  • Democrats: 1,996 (18.22%)
  • Republicans: 1,185 (10.82%)
  • Political designations: 93 (0.85%)

Turnout at a town election is a different figure again, and Medway prints it on its own certified sheet. On May 20, 2025, 842 of 11,134 registered voters cast a ballot, a turnout of 7.56 percent, and those 842 people filled nine bodies and settled a ballot question by 397 to 362. That is what a single ballot is worth in a May town election.

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See how Medway fits into the broader Commonwealth.

Massachusetts Demographics

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Updated as of September 13, 2026.

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