Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Plymouth
Plymouth is a big town that still feels like several towns at once: a historic downtown by the harbor, the village of Manomet to the south, the planned neighborhoods of the Pinehills, and miles of pine barrens and ponds in between. It is one of the most populous towns in Massachusetts, older and more settled than the state as a whole, with about one in four residents age 65 or over. 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
- Under 18: 16.9%
- Population (2020 Census): 61,217
- Land area: about 96 sq mi, the largest town in the state
- Households: 25,822
- Persons per household: 2.4
- Foreign-born: 6.4% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 24.1%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 89.1%
- Black or African American: 1.2%
- Asian: 1.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 3.6%
- Two or more races: 5.5%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 7.5%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $111,975
- Poverty rate: 6.1%
- Median home value: $494,700
- Median gross rent: $1,831
- Homeownership: 79.8% of units
- In the labor force: 65.3%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Plymouth’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 52,276
- Unenrolled (no party): 36,095 (69.1%)
- Democrats: 9,518 (18.2%)
- Republicans: 5,986 (11.5%)
Sources
See how Plymouth fits into the broader Commonwealth.