North LakevilleMA
The town has 3,624 residents and lies in Massachusetts.
Is North Lakeville a good place to live?
No town among the 284 in Massachusetts we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than North Lakeville. North Lakeville’s typical rent is $1,920 a month, where Massachusetts’ towns sit at $1,683 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. The biggest park or preserve is Clear Pond Park, at 67 acres. We don’t grade North Lakeville yet; the figures below are still real.
North Lakeville has grown 25% from 2010 to 2020
2,630 counted in 2010 and 3,290 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Gillette Stadium and 187 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Lakeville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaFenway Park
Big draw33 mi MuseumThe Breakers
16 mi MuseumUSS Massachusetts
Big draw34 mi MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum
28 mi Ancient siteHMS EndeavourPhoto credits
Gillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fenway Park: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Breakers: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: USN, Public domain · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Sean Dungan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · HMS Endeavour: Samuel Atkins (c.1760-1810), Public domain
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Moving to North Lakeville: who provides what
North Lakeville 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 North Lakeville.
North Lakeville faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Compared with 84% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in North Lakeville is lower. 71% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 13%. This Massachusetts town has had 10 paid flood insurance claims since 1990.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
North Lakeville has 0.5 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Half commute less than 17 miles. Jobs based in North Lakeville grew to 943 in 2023, 372 more than in 2013. The typical journey to work here is 29 minutes. The top destinations are Boston (12%), Middleborough (8%) and Lakeville (7%).
| North Lakeville | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $107,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 15% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
20.1% of North Lakeville is conserved land
Walkers can cover 5.8 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. For North Lakeville, the density of trails is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clear Pond Park | — | 67 |
| 2. John Paun Memorial Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is North Lakeville’s year
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 20°, with about 31 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More children than Massachusetts overall
For residents in North Lakeville, the share who are under 18 is 25%. Children under 18 are a quarter of residents (19% statewide). The town’s median age is 37.4 years. Here, 41% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 47% in Massachusetts as a whole.
| North Lakeville | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 37.4 years | 43.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 47% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 44% and 67% women
The Census survey reached too few of North Lakeville’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.6 points. Across Massachusetts, 51.1% of residents are women.
| North Lakeville | MA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.6% | 10.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.5% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.8% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.2% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.7% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.5% | 8.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.5% | 22.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.5% | 14.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.5% | 7.5% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.7% | 25.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.3% | 21.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,600, single groups can be off by several points
How healthy North Lakeville is
North Lakeville does better than the Massachusetts average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 3. 82% of North Lakeville adults had a checkup this year. Among adults here, 29% have obesity and 10% have diabetes.
| North Lakeville | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 82% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 3.9% | 3.7% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 9.3% | 12% |
| What stands out | North Lakeville | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6.2% | 7.6% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 74.5% | 68.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in North Lakeville sell for about $832K
The share of households in North Lakeville who own their home: 66%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about North Lakeville
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of North Lakeville
About 8 of every 100 North Lakeville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Massachusetts.
98% of working residents leave North Lakeville for work
Where North Lakeville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
North Lakeville’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with North Lakeville.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Lakeville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lakeville | #91 | A− | C− | A− | B+ | A− |
| Middleborough | #218 | C+ | C− | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Taunton | #262 | D | C− | C | C− | C+ |
| Middleborough Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
North Lakeville and Middleborough Center aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare North Lakeville with a neighbor →
Questions about North Lakeville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is North Lakeville, MA a good place to live?
We don’t grade North Lakeville yet; the figures below are still real.