Buzzards Bay, MA

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,909
US Senator
Elizabeth Warren
Democratic Party
US Senator
Ed Markey
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
54.4
3.37% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
7.27%
5.93% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$94,388
1.52% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$454,500
0.221% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
1,699
3.72% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Buzzards Bay, MA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98% of the residents in Buzzards Bay, MA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Buzzards Bay, MA are Massachusetts Maritime Academy (391 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Buzzards Bay, MA was $454,500, and the homeownership rate was 75.7%.

Most people in Buzzards Bay, MA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 32.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Buzzards Bay, MA was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Buzzards Bay, MA is home to a population of 2.91k people, from which 98% are citizens. As of 2024, 5.02% of Buzzards Bay, MA residents were born outside of the country (146 people).

In 2024, there were 30 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.58k people) in Buzzards Bay, MA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 86 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 83 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

98%
2024 Citizenship
97.6%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 98% of Buzzards Bay, MA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Buzzards Bay, MA was 97.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Buzzards Bay, MA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    2.58k ± 372
  2. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    86 ± 80
  3. Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic)
    83 ± 65
2.3%
Hispanic Population
67 people

In 2024, there were 30 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.58k people) in Buzzards Bay, MA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 86 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 83 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

2.3% of the people in Buzzards Bay, MA are hispanic (67 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Buzzards Bay, MA as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. China
    103,356 ± 7,834 people
  2. Brazil
    101,793 ± 7,776 people
  3. Dominican Republic
    101,190 ± 7,753 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Massachusetts was China, the natal country of 103,356 Massachusetts residents, followed by Brazil with 101,793 and Dominican Republic with 101,190.

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Foreign-Born Population

5.02%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
146 people
5.44%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
160 people

As of 2024, 5.02% of Buzzards Bay, MA residents (146 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Buzzards Bay, MA was 5.44%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    83 ± 59
  2. Korea
    48 ± 31
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    20 ± 27

Buzzards Bay, MA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.73 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Buzzards Bay, MA employs 1.7k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Buzzards Bay, MA were Accommodation & Food Services (207 people), Retail Trade (187 people), and Construction (177 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($102,793), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($101,667), and Public Administration ($81,000).

Employment

Occupations

1.7k
2024 Value
± 281
3.72%
1 Year growth
± 22.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Buzzards Bay, MA grew at a rate of 3.72%, from 1.64k employees to 1.7k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Buzzards Bay, MA, are Management Occupations (296 people), Sales & Related Occupations (183 people), and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (126 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Buzzards Bay, MA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

1.7k
2024 Value
± 281
3.72%
1 Year growth
± 22.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Buzzards Bay, MA grew at a rate of 3.72%, from 1.64k employees to 1.7k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Buzzards Bay, MA, are Accommodation & Food Services (207 people), Retail Trade (187 people), and Construction (177 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Buzzards Bay, MA, though some of these residents may live in Buzzards Bay, MA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$36,639
Median earning men ± $10,407
$66,750
Median earning women ± $11,435

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($112,045), Construction ($52,097), and Retail Trade ($47,625).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($250,001), Manufacturing ($145,066), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($101,354).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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2.61%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.67M people employed in Massachusetts. This represents a 2.61% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 17.5%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Massachusetts.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Massachusetts went to Kamala Harris with 61.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (36%), followed by Other (1.48%).

Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are the senators currently representing the state of Massachusetts. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Massachusetts is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

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2024 Election Results
  1. Kamala Harris (61.2%)
    Democratic Party
  2. Donald J. Trump (36%)
    Republican Party
  3. Other (1.48%)
    Other Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Massachusetts went to Kamala Harris with 61.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (36%), followed by Other (1.48%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Massachusetts for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Massachusetts

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Elizabeth Warren
Senator from Massachusetts1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013
Ed Markey
Senator from Massachusetts2
Assumed office on July 16, 2013
Elected to the seat to succeed Mo Cowan, who had been appointed to the seat following the resignation of John Kerry, who had become Secretary of State.

Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are the senators currently representing Massachusetts.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Buzzards Bay, MA awarded 391 degrees. The student population of Buzzards Bay, MA in 2023 is skewed towards men, with 1,158 male students and 204 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Buzzards Bay, MA are White (350 and 90%), Hispanic or Latino (14 and 3.6%), Unknown (12 and 3.08%), and American Indian or Alaska Native (5 and 1.29%).

The largest universities in Buzzards Bay, MA by number of degrees awarded are Massachusetts Maritime Academy (391 and 100%).

The median tuition cost for a public four year colleges is $2,054 for in-state students and $15,148 for out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University
Measure

In 2023 in Buzzards Bay, MA, the percentage of applicants admitted was 94.6%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 37.7%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 1,362 (85% men and 15% women).

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Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 1,362 students enrolled in Buzzards Bay, MA, 85% men and 15% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 1,071 records, of which 13.6% were women and 86.4% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
    73 degrees awarded
  2. Other Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting, & Related Protective Services
    69 degrees awarded
  3. International Business, Trade, & Commerce
    54 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Buzzards Bay, MA was Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering with 73 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Buzzards Bay, MA according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
391 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Massachusetts Maritime Academy with 391 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

University

In 2023, 339 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Buzzards Bay, MA, which is 6.52 times more than the 52 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 350 degrees mean that there were 25 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 14 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Public, 4-year or above ($2,054) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($8,762) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($1,500) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Buzzards Bay, MA was $454,500 in 2024, which is 1.37 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $453,500 to $454,500, a 0.221% increase. The homeownership rate in Buzzards Bay, MA is 75.7%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Buzzards Bay, MA have an average commute time of 32.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Buzzards Bay, MA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$454,500
Median Property Value 2024
±$28,453
$1,038
Median Property Taxes
±$215

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Buzzards Bay, MA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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Rent vs Own

75.7%
Homeownership
2024
75%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 75.7% of the housing units in Buzzards Bay, MA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 76.3%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$94,388
Median Household Income
± $11,533
1.37k
Number of Households
± 260

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.37k households in Buzzards Bay, MA declined from $94,388 from the previous year's value of $95,847.

The following chart displays the households in Buzzards Bay, MA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $100k - $125k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Buzzards Bay, MA is from Massachusetts.
0.478
2023 Wage GINI in Massachusetts
0.48
2022 Wage GINI in Massachusetts

In 2023, the income inequality in Massachusetts was 0.478 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.384% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Massachusetts was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Massachusetts in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (67.9%)
  2. Worked At Home (17.4%)
  3. Carpooled (9.87%)

In 2024, 67.9% of workers in Buzzards Bay, MA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (17.4%) and those who carpooled to work (9.87%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

32.1 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Buzzards Bay, MA have a longer commute time (32.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 9.62% of the workforce in Buzzards Bay, MA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Buzzards Bay, MA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Buzzards Bay, MA have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

7.27% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Buzzards Bay, MA (195 out of 2.68k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 35 - 44, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Buzzards Bay, MA is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

97.2% of the population of Buzzards Bay, MA has health coverage, with 42.2% on employee plans, 9.82% on Medicaid, 17.8% on Medicare, 26.2% on non-group plans, and 1.21% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Massachusetts see 990 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (990 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 915 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 130 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 56.4% were men and 43.6% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 7.68% under 18 years, 21% between 18 and 34 years, 39.5% between 35 and 64 years, and 31.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 56.4% were men and 43.6% were women.

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Uninsured People

2.79%
Uninsured
42.2%
Employer Coverage
9.82%
Medicaid
17.8%
Medicare
26.2%
Non-Group
1.21%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Buzzards Bay, MA declined by 18.7% from 3.43% to 2.79%.

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