Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Plympton top those of 91% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Plympton itself; outside it, Plymouth draws the most (13%, 11 miles). Poverty touches 10.3% of residents, where Massachusetts as a whole has 10.0%. Plympton grades B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Plympton in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
61% of the jobs in Plympton are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Plympton pay over $40,000 a year
84% of the jobs based in Plympton pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Plympton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Plympton is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #208 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income holds Plympton’s grade up ($126,736, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Plympton could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
84% of the jobs in Plympton pay over $3,333 a month
1,152 jobs are based in Plympton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plympton, 2014 → 2024: 1,145 → 1,152. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plympton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Plympton
On a workday 1,477 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 1,085 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Plympton on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Plympton to work: where people go
Where Plympton clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Plympton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plympton workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,223 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Plympton, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Plympton commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plympton is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #281 of 283 in Massachusetts. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,516 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Plympton households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Plympton’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Plympton is 1,427th of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Princeton MA | 3,618 | $159K | 4.2% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 241 | Millville MA | 3,186 | $127K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 296 | Essex MA | 3,770 | $157K | 8.1% | 1.5% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,425 | Coplay PA | 3,532 | $62K | 11.9% | 1.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,426 | Springdale SC | 2,877 | $78K | 5.8% | 5.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,427 | Plympton MA | 2,985 | $127K | 10.3% | 5.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,428 | Hopkins Township MI | 2,754 | $89K | 14.5% | 2.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,429 | Allyn WA | 2,404 | $98K | 1.4% | 6.6% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Plympton, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
The towns around Plympton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plympton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plympton | – | B+ | D | 33 min | $126,736 |
| Halifax | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 35 min | $118,556 |
| Kingston | 4% | A | B− | 35 min | $119,876 |
| Carver | under 3% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $91,250 |
| Middleborough | under 3% | B+ | B | 31 min | $97,056 |
| Pembroke | 3% | A | B | 35 min | $146,285 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kingston. Darker towns draw more of Plympton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Plympton: questions
What is the median household income in Plympton?
$126,736 (±$19,810) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plympton?
10.3%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plympton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plympton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plymouth (13%, 11 mi), Boston (11%, 28 mi), Kingston (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Plympton walkable?
Plympton is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plympton without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plympton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plympton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.