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Fairhaven town, Bristol County, MA

15,899 Population
12.4 square miles 1,284.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 41 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$54,224 ±$10,069 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bristol County: $42,006 ±$620
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$86,676 ±$15,474 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $80,628 ±$1,754
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

7.2% ±1.9% (1,109  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bristol County: 11.1% 62,801 (±0.5% / ±3,019)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

25.8 minutes ±4.5 (180,235  ±34,972) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 28.2 7,347,740 (±0.3 / ±117,762)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

6,985 ±411 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 229,861 ±957
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.2 ±0.1 (15,568  ±52) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 562,753 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

3.5% ±1.8% (109  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bristol County: 4.7% 6,279 (±0.5% / ±612)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

7,718 ±407 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 243,297 ±110
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$365,600 ±$15,629 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bristol County: $385,000 ±$3,683
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

6.9% ±1.8% (1,089  ±,285.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bristol County: 9.8% 55,718 (±0.5% / ±2,647.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

92.1% ±5.9% (11,138  ±,809.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 86.1% 350,600 (±1.1% / ±4,517.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
29.6% ±4.3% (3,575  ±,532.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 29.7% 120,890 (±0.6% / ±2,486.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.2% ±1.4% (827  ±214) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 13.4% 77,179
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

7.6% ±1.6% (998  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bristol County: 5.6% 25,495 (±0.3% / ±1,181)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
998 Total veterans ±207 914 Male ±189 84 Female ±69

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