Mattapoisett CenterMA
The town, home to 2,669 people, lies in Massachusetts.
Is Mattapoisett Center a good place to live?
72% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Mattapoisett Center, where Massachusetts’ towns sit at 47% and U.S. towns at 29%. 26% of the land in Mattapoisett Center is conserved, above both the Massachusetts town median (19%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Old Aucoot District, at 239 acres. We don’t grade Mattapoisett Center yet; the figures below are still real.
Mattapoisett Center lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 19% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Gillette Stadium and 89 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mattapoisett Center. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw30 mi MuseumThe Breakers
19 mi MuseumUSS Massachusetts
29 mi Ancient siteHMS Endeavour
30 mi MuseumMarble House
30 mi MuseumThe ElmsPhoto credits
Gillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Breakers: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: USN, Public domain · HMS Endeavour: Samuel Atkins (c.1760-1810), Public domain · Marble House: [email protected], Public domain · The Elms: The original uploader was Daderot at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Mattapoisett Center: who provides what
Mattapoisett Center is unincorporated, so Plymouth County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mattapoisett Center.
Conserved land covers nearly a quarter of Mattapoisett Center
In 22 parks and preserves, walkers have 6.6 miles of trail. Mattapoisett Center’s trail network density is 1.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brownell Preserve | 1.4 mi | 49 |
| 2. Martocci Preserve | 1.2 mi | 91 |
| 3. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Preserve | 0.5 mi | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The climate in Mattapoisett Center brings four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 82°; in January, nights fall to 23°, and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Mattapoisett Center, with inland flooding at the top
For Mattapoisett Center, the FEMA hazard score is 34 of 100. The national flood insurance program has paid 366 claims locally since 1978. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 65% come from inland flooding and 19% from coastal flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in nine working residents works right in Mattapoisett Center
The typical household income in Mattapoisett Center is $106,000. Most working residents leave Mattapoisett Center for work: only 11% work in town. The share of residents in Mattapoisett Center who live below the poverty line: 5.3%. The top destinations are Mattapoisett (17%), New Bedford (10%) and Fairhaven (6%).
| Mattapoisett Center | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $106,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Mattapoisett Center is
Among adults in Mattapoisett Center, 17% get no exercise outside work. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Mattapoisett Center is ahead of Massachusetts on 18 and behind on 3. 14% of adults in Mattapoisett Center report frequent mental distress; 8.7% smoke cigarettes.
| Mattapoisett Center | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 82% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 11% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 33% |
| What stands out | Mattapoisett Center | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.3% | 12.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.8% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Mattapoisett Center sells for about $1.22M at the median
For households in Mattapoisett Center, the share who live in a home they own is 75%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Mattapoisett Center
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Mattapoisett Center
About 5 of every 100 Mattapoisett Center residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
About Mattapoisett Center
Census-designated place in Massachusetts, United States
Mattapoisett Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Mattapoisett in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, Mattapoisett Center had a population of 3,190.
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- Area
- 4.9 sq mi
Mattapoisett Center’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Mattapoisett Center.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattapoisett Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marion | #80 | A | C+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
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Is Mattapoisett Center, MA a good place to live?
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