Middleborough Center vs Plymouth

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

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

Middleborough Center has the higher population (8,064 vs 7,852 in Plymouth). Middleborough Center has the higher median household income ($79,520 vs $72,639 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($426,000 vs $372,400 in Middleborough Center).

Population, income & housing

	Middleborough Center	Plymouth
Population	8,064	7,852
Median age	34.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,520	$72,639
Median home value	$372,400	$426,000
Median gross rent	$1,705	$1,701
Housing units	3,522	4,169
Homeownership rate	50.4%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middleborough Center	Plymouth
Population	7,343 → 8,064 (+9.8%)	7,081 → 7,852 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$66,525 → $79,520 (+19.5%)	$64,242 → $72,639 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$294,800 → $372,400 (+26.3%)	$348,800 → $426,000 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,705 (+33.5%)	$1,319 → $1,701 (+29.0%)

Middleborough Center

Population

7,3438,064

Median household income

$66,525$79,520

Median home value

$294,800$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,705

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)

	Middleborough Center	Plymouth
Under 5	5.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	10.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.1%
75 and over	5.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middleborough Center	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	4.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middleborough Center	Plymouth
No high school diploma	6.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middleborough Center	Plymouth
Drove alone	83.1%	62.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.4%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.2%
Worked from home	9.0%	16.2%
Other means	0.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middleborough Center	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	38.7%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	28.5%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	23.0%
20 or more units	13.1%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middleborough Center	Plymouth
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.34	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1953	1938