Quincy, MA

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2024 Population

102,114

US Senator

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Party

US Senator

Ed Markey

Democratic Party

2024 Median Age

38.6

1.03% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

10.6%

7.56% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$98,882

3.31% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$618,500

3.41% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

58,697

1.82% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Quincy, 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.

85.1% of the residents in Quincy, MA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Quincy, MA are Quincy College (342 degrees awarded in 2023), Eastern Nazarene College (157 degrees), and Massachusetts School of Barbering (32 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in Quincy, MA was $618,500, and the homeownership rate was 45.2%.

Most people in Quincy, MA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 34.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Quincy, MA was 1 car per household.

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Population & Diversity

Quincy, MA is home to a population of 102k people, from which 85.1% are citizens. As of 2024, 33% of Quincy, MA residents were born outside of the country (33.6k people).

In 2024, there were 1.84 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (54.8k people) in Quincy, MA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 29.7k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 6.14k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

85.1%

2024 Citizenship

85.3%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 85.1% of Quincy, MA residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Quincy, MA was 85.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Quincy, MA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Quincy, MA

White (Non-Hispanic)
54.8k ± 1.95k
Asian (Non-Hispanic)
29.7k ± 1.42k
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
6.14k ± 1.09k

6.53%

Hispanic Population

6.67k people

6.53% of the people in Quincy, MA are hispanic (6.67k people).

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

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Massachusetts.

Most Common Origin

China
103,356 ± 7,834 people
Brazil
101,793 ± 7,776 people
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.

Foreign-Born Population

33%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

33.6k people

32.7%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

33.1k people

As of 2024, 33% of Quincy, MA residents (33.6k 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 Quincy, MA was 32.7%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Quincy, MA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
965 ± 245
Gulf War (2001-)
711 ± 242
Gulf War (1990s)
330 ± 165

Quincy, MA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.36 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Quincy, MA.

Economy

The economy of Quincy, MA employs 58.7k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Quincy, MA were Health Care & Social Assistance (9,470 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (8,142 people), and Educational Services (6,093 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($99,969), Public Administration ($96,927), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($92,050).

Employment

Occupations

58.7k

2024 Value

± 2,188

1.82%

1 Year growth

± 5.13%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Quincy, MA grew at a rate of 1.82%, from 57.6k employees to 58.7k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Quincy, MA, are Management Occupations (6,974 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (5,847 people), and Business & Financial Operations Occupations (5,448 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Quincy, MA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Massachusetts.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Massachusetts (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

58.7k

2024 Value

± 2,188

1.82%

1 Year growth

± 5.13%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Quincy, MA grew at a rate of 1.82%, from 57.6k employees to 58.7k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Quincy, MA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (9,470 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (8,142 people), and Educational Services (6,093 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Quincy, MA, though some of these residents may live in Quincy, MA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$68,248

Median earning men ± $3,325

$56,459

Median earning women ± $3,504

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($109,638), Information ($103,571), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($98,841).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($85,031), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($81,190), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($78,894).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Massachusetts.

Y-Axis

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.

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

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Quincy, MA. Showing the available data for Massachusetts.

2024 Election Results

Kamala Harris (61.2%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (36%)
Republican Party
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.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Massachusetts

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Warren

Senator from Massachusetts

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

Ed Markey

Senator from Massachusetts

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.

The following chart shows elected senators in Massachusetts over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Education

In 2023, universities in Quincy, MA awarded 531 degrees. The student population of Quincy, MA in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 1,352 male students and 1,757 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Quincy, MA are White (273 and 54%), Black or African American (105 and 20.8%), Hispanic or Latino (57 and 11.3%), and Asian (33 and 6.52%).

The largest universities in Quincy, MA by number of degrees awarded are Quincy College (342 and 64.4%), Eastern Nazarene College (157 and 29.6%), and Massachusetts School of Barbering (32 and 6.03%).

The most popular majors in Quincy, MA are General Business Administration & Management (65 and 12.2%), Liberal Arts & Sciences (36 and 6.78%), and Barbering (32 and 6.03%).

The median tuition costs in Quincy, MA are $27,350 for private four year colleges, and $6,360 and $6,360 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University

Measure

In 2023 in Quincy, MA, the percentage of applicants admitted was 59%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 16.3%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 3,109 (43.5% men and 56.5% women).

The line chart shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.

Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 3,109 students enrolled in Quincy, MA, 43.5% men and 56.5% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 1,331 records, of which 54.4% were women and 45.6% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

Liberal Arts & Sciences
32 degrees awarded
Registered Nursing
24 degrees awarded
General Business Administration & Management
41 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Quincy, MA was Liberal Arts & Sciences with 32 degrees awarded.

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

Universities

Gender

Race

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

Quincy College
342 degrees awarded
Eastern Nazarene College
157 degrees awarded
Massachusetts School of Barbering
32 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Quincy College with 342 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

University

In 2023, 186 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Quincy, MA, which is 0.539 times less than the 345 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 273 degrees mean that there were 2.6 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 105 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($27,350) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,260) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($2,000) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Quincy, MA was $618,500 in 2024, which is 1.86 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $598,100 to $618,500, a 3.41% increase. The homeownership rate in Quincy, MA is 45.2%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Quincy, MA have an average commute time of 34.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Quincy, MA is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$618,500

Median Property Value 2024

±$14,107

$20,491

Median Property Taxes

±$1,201

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 Quincy, MA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Quincy, MA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

45.2%

Homeownership

2024

64.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 45.2% of the housing units in Quincy, MA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 45%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Quincy, MA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$98,882

Median Household Income

± $4,519

45.3k

Number of Households

± 1,863

In 2024, the median household income of the 45.3k households in Quincy, MA grew to $98,882 from the previous year's value of $95,711.

The following chart displays the households in Quincy, 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 $200k+ range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Quincy, 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.

This chart shows the number of workers in Massachusetts across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (50.2%)
Worked At Home (21.2%)
Public Transit (16.3%)

In 2024, 50.2% of workers in Quincy, MA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (21.2%) and those who used public transit to get to work (16.3%).

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.

Commute Time

34.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Quincy, MA have a longer commute time (34.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.31% of the workforce in Quincy, MA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Quincy, MA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Quincy, MA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Quincy, MA have 1 car.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Quincy, MA (10.7k out of 101k 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 Females 25 - 34, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Quincy, MA is White, followed by Asian and Black.

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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

96.5% of the population of Quincy, MA has health coverage, with 54.1% on employee plans, 17.6% on Medicaid, 11.4% on Medicare, 12.7% on non-group plans, and 0.682% 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, 50.5% were men and 49.5% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 15.4% under 18 years, 28.8% between 18 and 34 years, 38.4% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.5% were men and 49.5% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

3.52%

Uninsured

54.1%

Employer Coverage

17.6%

Medicaid

11.4%

Medicare

12.7%

Non-Group

0.682%

Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Quincy, MA grew by 1.5% from 3.47% to 3.52%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Quincy, MA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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