Medfield Town, Norfolk County, MA - Profile Data - Census Reporter

13,068 Population 14.4 square miles 906.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

42.4 ±3 Median age

• a little higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 40.9 ±0.2
• a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$107,234 ±$11,710 Per capita income

• about 1.5 times the amount in Norfolk County: $71,758 ±$887
• nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291

$235,800 ±$31,636 Median household income

• nearly double the amount in Norfolk County: $130,739 ±$2,551
• more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

Poverty

2.1% ±1.3% (272 ±165) Persons below poverty line

• about one-third of the rate in Norfolk County: 6.7% 47,744 (±0.4% / ±2,592)
• about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

Transportation to work

31.8 minutes ±3.1 (131,350 ±20,251) Mean travel time to work

• about the same as the figure in Norfolk County: 32.5 9,653,800 (±0.3 / ±135,482)
• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Households

4,680 ±207 Number of households

• Norfolk County: 283,368 ±824
• Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182

2.8 ±0.1 (13,023 ±32) Persons per household

• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 2.5 711,784 (±0 / ±158)
• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

Marital status

Fertility

4% ±2.1% (110 ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• about the same as the rate in Norfolk County: 3.9% † 6,739 (±0.4% / ±755)
• about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Units & Occupancy

4,820 ±206 Number of housing units

• Norfolk County: 295,227 ±233
• Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

Value

$911,100 ±$32,356 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about 1.3 times the amount in Norfolk County: $683,900 ±$5,690
• more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

Geographical mobility

8.9% ±4% (1,157 ±512.5) Moved since previous year

• about 80 percent of the rate in Norfolk County: 10.8% 77,930 (±0.5% / ±3,263.6)
• about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Educational attainment

97.5% ±6.3% (8,512 ±651.1) High school grad or higher

• a little higher than the rate in Norfolk County: 94.5% 489,336 (±1% / ±4,978.1)
• about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)

78.1% ±5.7% (6,818 ±567.6) Bachelor's degree or higher

• about 1.3 times the rate in Norfolk County: 58.8% 304,559 (±0.7% / ±3,727)
• more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

Language

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

Place of birth

7.1% ±1.9% (929 ±250) Foreign-born population

• about two-fifths of the rate in Norfolk County: 19.3% 141,142
• about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

Veteran status

2.8% ±1.3% (267 ±125) Population with veteran status

• about three-quarters of the rate in Norfolk County: 3.8% 22,054 (±0.2% / ±987)
• about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)

267 Total veterans ±125 249 Male ±119 18 Female ±21

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