Hingham is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 19,882 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Hingham is the 94th largest community in Massachusetts.

Hingham is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.01% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hingham is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hingham who work in management occupations (15.82%), sales jobs (14.67%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.76%).

Of important note, Hingham is also a town of artists. Hingham has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Hingham's character.

Also of interest is that Hingham has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Hingham is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Hingham is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Hingham really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Hingham perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One of the nice things about Hingham is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Hingham is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hingham, the average commute to work is 33.51 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Hingham is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Hingham Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Hingham is a pretty powerful place. 57.52% of the adults in Hingham have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Hingham in 2000 was $41,703, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,812 for a family of four. However, Hingham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Hingham home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hingham is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hingham include Irish, Italian, English, German, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, Swedish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Hingham is English.