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Millville vs Plympton vs Phillipston
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against Massachusetts.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Millville has the most renters (13.1% rent).
Plympton has the most people working from home (19.3%).
Phillipston has the most affordable homes ($372k median).
What matters to you?
Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.
| Measure | Millville | Plympton | Phillipston |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | |||
| People | |||
| Population | 3,160Highest |
2,935 |
1,895Lowest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | -0.5%Lowest MA: +7.4% |
+3.9%Highest MA: +7.4% |
+2.6% MA: +7.4% |
| Median age | 46±2.2Lowest 15% above MA |
46.4±4.2 16% above MA |
48.8±1.7Highest 22% above MA |
| Phillipston and Plympton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Kids under 18 | 17.7%±3.5 MA: 19.4% |
21.6%±5Highest MA: 19.4% |
17%±5Lowest MA: 19.4% |
| Plympton and Millville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Age 65+ | 15.8%±5.4Lowest MA: 17.9% |
22.7%±5Highest MA: 17.9% |
17.9%±1.3 MA: 17.9% |
| Plympton and Phillipston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 30.6% MA: 47.3% |
38.4%Highest MA: 47.3% |
25.4%Lowest MA: 47.3% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 4%±1.8Highest MA: 7.9% |
3.2%±1.8Lowest MA: 7.9% |
4%±1.6Highest MA: 7.9% |
| Cost of living | |||
| Household incomemedian | $127,188±$32kHighest 22% above MA |
$126,736±$20k 22% above MA |
$94,692±$14kLowest 9% below MA |
| Millville and Plympton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $444,600±$25k 21% below MA |
$517,800±$52kHighest 8% below MA |
$372,400±$27kLowest 34% below MA |
| Plympton and Millville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | $1,468±$234Highest 17% below MA |
$555±$148Lowest 69% below MA |
$1,375±$849 22% below MA |
| Millville and Phillipston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Property taxmedian, yearly | $5,327 11% below MA |
$6,628Highest 11% above MA |
$3,914Lowest 35% below MA |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | 36.2%±24.5Lowest MA: 51.8% |
50.8%±40.6 MA: 51.8% |
100%±100Highest MA: 51.8% |
| Phillipston and Plympton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Below poverty line | 4.6%Lowest MA: 10% |
10.3%Highest MA: 10% |
5.7% MA: 10% |
| Housing | |||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 86.9%Lowest MA: 62.5% |
93.1%Highest MA: 62.5% |
92.4% MA: 62.5% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1974Lowest 10 yrs newer than MA |
1981 17 yrs newer than MA |
1984Highest 20 yrs newer than MA |
| Getting to work | |||
| Average commuteone way | 32 min 10% above MA |
33 minHighest 13% above MA |
29 minLowest about the MA average |
| Work from home | 11.1%±4 MA: 18.6% |
19.3%±6Highest MA: 18.6% |
9.2%±3.7Lowest MA: 18.6% |
| Plympton and Millville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | |||
| Schools | |||
| Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading | #180 of 282 in MA | #110 of 282 in MA | — |
| School district | Blackstone-Millville | Plympton | — |
| High school in town | None in town | None in town | — |
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| Old photos in History | None yet | None yet | None yet |
MA average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.