Hull vs Plymouth

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

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

Hull has the higher population (10,098 vs 7,852 in Plymouth). Hull has the higher median household income ($127,112 vs $72,639 in Plymouth). Hull has the higher median home value ($606,100 vs $426,000 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Hull	Plymouth
Population	10,098	7,852
Median age	55.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$127,112	$72,639
Median home value	$606,100	$426,000
Median gross rent	$1,885	$1,701
Housing units	5,733	4,169
Homeownership rate	81.1%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hull	Plymouth
Population	10,455 → 10,098 (-3.4%)	7,081 → 7,852 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$88,476 → $127,112 (+43.7%)	$64,242 → $72,639 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$406,600 → $606,100 (+49.1%)	$348,800 → $426,000 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,423 → $1,885 (+32.5%)	$1,319 → $1,701 (+29.0%)

Hull

Population

10,45510,098

Median household income

$88,476$127,112

Median home value

$406,600$606,100

Median gross rent

$1,423$1,885

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)

	Hull	Plymouth
Under 5	2.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	9.2%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	7.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	25.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	16.3%	9.1%
75 and over	8.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hull	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	4.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hull	Plymouth
No high school diploma	3.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	19.1%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hull	Plymouth
Drove alone	68.6%	62.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	12.4%
Public transit	6.7%	0.8%
Walked	1.4%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.2%
Worked from home	19.2%	16.2%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hull	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	73.0%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	23.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hull	Plymouth
Poverty rate	5.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.21	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1945	1938