Biggest population gain during COVID: Plymouth!? check how your town did (Boston: real estate, vacation home)

[id77]

Originally Posted by robr2

Good point. Brighton lost the most. I'm guessing those mostly were students who went back home in the spring of 2020, didn't renew their leases for the fall, and were remote last year.

Yes.

To go one further, 02135 has a population of around 43,000. 02135 has a median age of 28, 68% of the residents are either single or single with roommates, 89% have no children (easier to up and move with no kids) and 75% of housing is either rentals or vacant rentals.

That they only lost 4000 with all of the local universities being remote last year is actually something of a minor wonder in itself.

[mdovell]

To be fair Plymouth is quite big and pretty diverse in terms of neighborhoods. There been a fair amount of development in the part ten years. Teresa Murry (love her or hate her) helped some projects to fruition.

[Lampert]

If these data are accurate they just show a population drop for the state, the redistribution is a minimal thing.

The top 10 population increases give a total of +5,378 people, the top 10 population decreases give -26,564

[msRB311]

Plymouth is pretty affordable...compared to many parts of greater boston at least. Plus it's near the beach.

[Southshorebound]

Originally Posted by msRB311

Plymouth is pretty affordable...compared to many parts of greater boston at least. Plus it's near the beach.

Yeah, it is not a town you hear mentioned on this forum often, but 1,000 people in a year is pretty dramatic. CD darling, Natick, lost people

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by msRB311

Plymouth is pretty affordable...compared to many parts of greater boston at least. Plus it's near the beach.

Thing is it's kind of just beyond the limit most would consider as commutable to Boston, so it was always priced accordingly.

[yesmaybe]

Originally Posted by Southshorebound

Yeah, it is not a town you hear mentioned on this forum often, but 1,000 people in a year is pretty dramatic. CD darling, Natick, lost people

Wouldn't be surprised if those people lived on the Downtown Framingham border and used the pandemic as an excuse to get the hell out.

[msRB311]

Originally Posted by massnative71

Thing is it's kind of just beyond the limit most would consider as commutable to Boston, so it was always priced accordingly.

But people are going to be commuting not as much in the future.

I wonder how the residents of Plymouth feel about their uptick in population

[robr2]

Originally Posted by msRB311

But people are going to be commuting not as much in the future.

I wonder how the residents of Plymouth feel about their uptick in population

They've been experiencing it for a decade especially with the Pinehills and other developments. Add in the retail development along Commerce Way and commercial on Prestige Way (including a giant AMZN facility) and they've been planning for it.

[GeoffD]

Plymouth has 36 miles of coastline and 134 square miles. I presume it has a ton of ocean view and near-waterfront second homes and seasonal rentals. It’s not like there were 500 new homes built. Pick 2 or 3 towns with less coastline and combine them to get the 36 miles of coast and 134 square miles. You get the same number of inward moves.