County hub small town Massachusetts

Plymouth County, MA

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 35 ZIP codes inside Plymouth County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
35
in this county
Total population
525,729
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
33
distinct city/town names
Avg density
571
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Plymouth County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
02301 Brockton 68,571 2,127
02360 Plymouth 60,793 244
02302 Brockton 35,645 1,550
02050 Marshfield 25,841 347
02324 Bridgewater 25,245 361
02346 Middleboro 24,219 135
02043 Hingham 24,061 419
02066 Scituate 18,781 440
02359 Pembroke 18,329 325
02370 Rockland 17,774 684
02351 Abington 16,974 658
02332 Duxbury 16,004 261
02382 Whitman 15,116 841
02339 Hanover 14,742 366
02333 East Bridgewater 14,403 323
02364 Kingston 13,618 282
02330 Carver 11,641 121
02347 Lakeville 11,514 150
02061 Norwell 11,258 208
02571 Wareham 10,738 222
02341 Hanson 10,419 270
02045 Hull 10,120 1,461
02338 Halifax 7,737 187
02379 West Bridgewater 7,622 192
02739 Mattapoisett 6,478 144
02770 Rochester 5,702 68
02738 Marion 5,378 147
02538 East Wareham 4,663 287
02576 West Wareham 3,985 164
02325 Bridgewater 3,082 3,905
02367 Plympton 2,934 77
02558 Onset 1,779 615
02366 South Carver 194 1,673
02047 Humarock 187 125
02350 Monponsett 182 617

About Plymouth County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Plymouth County in Massachusetts contains roughly 35 ZIP codes spread across 33 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 525,729. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Massachusetts index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 571, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Plymouth County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Plymouth County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.