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Onset CDP, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
Onset CDP is a Census CDP of 1,380 people across 1.08 square miles of land, in Plymouth County. Median household income is $137,997, 89.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $79,100.
64 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Onset
What Onset is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.08 sq mi
- Water area0.22 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,280 plus or minus 599
- County holding the largest share of its areaPlymouth County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Onset
How many people live in Onset
- Population1,380 plus or minus 646
- Median age34.4 plus or minus 18.7
- Population under 18331 plus or minus 275
- Share under 1824.0 percent plus or minus 16.5
- Population 65 and over143 plus or minus 149
- Share 65 and over10.4 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Households607 plus or minus 279
- Family households433 plus or minus 228
- Share of households that are families71.3 percent plus or minus 18.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Onset
Income and work in Onset
- Median household income$137,997 plus or minus $100,133
- Per capita income$53,260 plus or minus $22,422
- Civilian labor force714 plus or minus 379
- Employed627 plus or minus 368
- Unemployed87 plus or minus 95
- Unemployment rate12.2 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Adults 25 and over1,015 plus or minus 467
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 20.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.6 percent plus or minus 23.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.5 percent plus or minus 10.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Onset
Housing in Onset
- Housing units1,074 plus or minus 334
- Occupied units607 plus or minus 279
- Vacant units467 plus or minus 239
- Vacancy rate43.5 percent plus or minus 17.7
- Owner occupied541 plus or minus 244
- Renter occupied66 plus or minus 107
- Ownership rate89.1 percent plus or minus 57.4
- Median owner-occupied home value$408,300
- Single family units899 plus or minus 313
- Share single family83.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more175 plus or minus 163
- Share in buildings of two or more16.3 percent plus or minus 14.3
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Onset
How Onset gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute495 plus or minus 284
- Commuting under 15 minutes301 plus or minus 203
- Share commuting under 15 minutes60.8 percent plus or minus 21.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more42 plus or minus 50
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.5 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Drove alone59.9 percent plus or minus 18.3
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home30.2 percent plus or minus 17.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Onset
SBA loans in Onset (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$79,100
- Average approval$39,550
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$50,000
- Largest approval$50,000
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval0.5
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Plymouth County, not Onset
Plymouth County context, not Onset figures
These are Plymouth County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Onset measurements.
- Establishments in Plymouth County13,421
- Employment at those establishments, Plymouth County180,733
- Covered employment, Plymouth County194,985
- Average annual pay, Plymouth County$69,858
- Average weekly wage, Plymouth County$1,343
- Housing units permitted, Plymouth County1,256
- Of those, single family, Plymouth County789
- County product, 2024, Plymouth County$36,916,622,000
- County product change over the prior year, Plymouth County6.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Plymouth County$117,465
Every figure in this section is published for Plymouth County as a whole and is not a measurement of Onset. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Onset questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Onset, Massachusetts?
1,380, in 607 households. Onset CDP covers 1.08 square miles of land, which is 1,280 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Onset in?
Plymouth County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Onset?
$137,997. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $408,300. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Onset businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $79,100, across 2 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Onset, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Onset borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Onset. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Onset figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Plymouth County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Onset.
Is zoning published for Onset?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.