Demographics of Medway town, Massachusetts

Medway town, Massachusetts had 13,804 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +718 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Medway town, in four figures

13,804
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 13,436 ±25.; +5.5%
Change since July 2020: +718 people.; 40.7 ±2.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $173,750 ±$18,469
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a town, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Medway town, Massachusetts's population grew 5.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Medway town, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Medway town, Massachusetts's population grew 5.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Medway town, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	13,086	100.0	100.0
2021	13,124	100.3	100.2
2022	13,431	102.6	100.7
2023	13,627	104.1	101.6
2024	13,736	105.0	102.5
2025	13,804	105.5	103.1

Population of Medway town, Massachusetts on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	13,086	—
2021	13,124	+38
2022	13,431	+307
2023	13,627	+196
2024	13,736	+109
2025	13,804	+68

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.7 ±2.3: for men 40.8 ±3.1 and for women 40.6 ±3.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Medway town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under 5	851 ±216	6.3% ±1.6	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,172 ±321	16.2% ±2.4	14.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	962 ±205	7.2% ±1.5	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,343 ±438	24.9% ±3.3	27.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,031 ±454	30.0% ±3.4	25.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,077 ±305	15.5% ±2.3	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $173,750 ±$18,469, and income per person $78,143 ±$7,701, in 2024 dollars. The median is $103,960 ±$527 in Massachusetts and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Medway town by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under $25,000	73 to 363	1.5% to 7.7%	13.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	499 ±152	10.5% ±3.2	12.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	370 ±127	7.8% ±2.7	12.0% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	319 ±94	6.7% ±2.0	10.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	640 ±165	13.5% ±3.4	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	844 ±211	17.8% ±4.4	11.9% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,854 ±201	39.1% ±3.9	22.3% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Medway town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Massachusetts	United States
All ages	207 to 683	1.6% to 5.1%	10.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	0 to 104	0% to 3.4%	11.7% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	65 to 393	0.9% to 5.4%	9.3% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	17 to 319	0.6% to 10.6%	10.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Medway town, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Medway town	Massachusetts	United States
Housing units	4,768 ±207	3,030,406 ±453	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	99.5% ±0.1	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	0% to 1.3%	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	85.9% ±1.9	62.5% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	14.1% ±3.7	37.5% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$617,300 ±$21,040	$562,100 ±$2,169	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,575 ±$205	$1,762 ±$9	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1976 ±4	1964 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Medway town by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Hispanic or Latino	283 to 851	2.1% to 6.3%	13.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	11,103 ±558	82.6% ±4.2	66.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 319	0% to 2.4%	6.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	308 to 1,124	2.3% to 8.4%	7.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 14	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 219	0% to 1.6%	1.2% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	798 ±305	5.9% ±2.3	5.1% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Medway town by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Born in the state	9,483 ±411	70.6% ±3.1	58.7% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,860 ±349	21.3% ±2.6	20.3% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	23 to 141	0.2% to 1.0%	2.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,011 ±295	7.5% ±2.2	18.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	657 ±240	4.9% ±1.8	9.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	354 ±168	2.6% ±1.3	8.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Medway town among the places and towns of Massachusetts

154th of 291 places and towns of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Massachusetts page.

Places of Massachusetts near Medway town in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Kingston town	14,027 ±17
Millbury town	13,961 ±38
Ipswich town	13,930 ±25
Wayland town	13,914 ±32
Harwich town	13,598 ±18
Medway town	13,436 ±25
Charlton town	13,435 ±19
Oxford town	13,385 ±34
Medfield town	13,068 ±31
Lynnfield CDP	13,064 ±19
Rehoboth town	13,022 ±27

Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Places in Massachusetts by median household income
No. 17 Places in Massachusetts by homeownership rate
No. 20 Places in Massachusetts by per capita income
No. 72 Places by median household income
No. 73 Places in Massachusetts by median age
No. 75 Places in Massachusetts by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026