Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Weymouth
Weymouth is one of the larger communities on the South Shore, a mostly residential town of close to 58,000 people just south of Boston. Incomes here run above the state median, most households own their homes, and almost one in five residents is 65 or older. About one in seven residents 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
- Under 18: 16.8%
- Population (2020 Census): 57,437
- Land area: about 17 sq mi
- Households: 25,299
- Persons per household: 2.3
- Foreign-born: 13.7% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 19.0%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 80.8%
- Asian: 7.0%
- Black or African American: 5.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 4.6%
- Two or more races: 4.6%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 14.6%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $100,077
- Poverty rate: 7.7%
- Median home value: $516,200
- Median gross rent: $1,861
- Homeownership: 67.8% of units
- In the labor force: 68.9%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by community through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Weymouth’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 43,221
- Unenrolled (no party): 29,169 (67.5%)
- Democrats: 9,946 (23.0%)
- Republicans: 3,743 (8.7%)
Sources
See how Weymouth fits into the broader Commonwealth.