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Norton town, Bristol County, MA

19,155 Population
27.8 square miles 688.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$52,342 ±$2,276 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $43,752 ±$558
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$127,404 ±$16,942 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Bristol County: $84,198 ±$1,682
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

4.8% ±1.5% (840  ±267) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 11.7% 65,846 (±0.6% / ±3,176)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

31.5 minutes ±1.8 (259,765  ±21,947) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 28.4 7,312,720 (±0.4 / ±137,978)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

6,558 ±267 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 232,202 ±954
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.6 ±0.1 (17,145  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 2.4 564,290 (±0 / ±98)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

3.3% ±1.8% (157  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bristol County: 4.9% 6,539 (±0.5% / ±639)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

6,725 ±309 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 244,166 ±171
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$476,900 ±$22,042 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $421,800 ±$4,074
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

10.1% ±2.4% (1,914  ±450.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 9.8% 56,070 (±0.5% / ±2,966.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

93.7% ±4.9% (11,934  ±701.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 86.3% 352,929 (±1.1% / ±4,529)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
45.8% ±3.7% (5,828  ±493.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 30.6% 125,347 (±0.7% / ±2,694.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

4.7% ±1.4% (901  ±261) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Bristol County: 13.5% 77,855
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

4.5% ±1% (709  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 5.5% 24,980 (±0.3% / ±1,221)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
709 Total veterans ±160 631 Male ±153 78 Female ±50

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