Abington vs Plymouth

A side-by-side comparison of Abington and Plymouth: population, income, housing, and more.

Abington and Plymouth are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Abington has the higher population (17,008 vs 7,852 in Plymouth). Abington has the higher median household income ($119,787 vs $72,639 in Plymouth). Abington has the higher median home value ($516,300 vs $426,000 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Abington	Plymouth
Population	17,008	7,852
Median age	40.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$119,787	$72,639
Median home value	$516,300	$426,000
Median gross rent	$1,547	$1,701
Housing units	6,576	4,169
Homeownership rate	74.2%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abington	Plymouth
Population	16,436 → 17,008 (+3.5%)	7,081 → 7,852 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$99,381 → $119,787 (+20.5%)	$64,242 → $72,639 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$357,300 → $516,300 (+44.5%)	$348,800 → $426,000 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,547 (+26.9%)	$1,319 → $1,701 (+29.0%)

Abington

Population

16,43617,008

Median household income

$99,381$119,787

Median home value

$357,300$516,300

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,547

Plymouth

Population

7,0817,852

Median household income

$64,242$72,639

Median home value

$348,800$426,000

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abington	Plymouth
Under 5	5.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	17.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.1%
75 and over	5.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abington	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	4.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abington	Plymouth
No high school diploma	4.1%	8.6%
High school graduate	30.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abington	Plymouth
Drove alone	73.4%	62.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	12.4%
Public transit	4.1%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.2%
Worked from home	13.9%	16.2%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abington	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	61.9%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	23.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Abington	Plymouth
Poverty rate	5.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.62	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1969	1938