Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Swansea town, Bristol County, MA

17,359 Population
22.7 square miles 765.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

45 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$48,930 ±$3,127 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $44,757 ±$681
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$116,364 ±$14,438 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Bristol County: $85,625 ±$1,601
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

2.8% ±1.5% (473  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bristol County: 11.3% 64,441 (±0.5% / ±2,926)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

26 minutes ±2.9 (206,120  ±26,505) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 28.5 7,279,730 (±0.4 / ±125,889)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

6,790 ±365 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 233,825 ±963
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.1 (17,148  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bristol County: 2.4 567,783 (±0 / ±101)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

6.3% ±3.5% (211  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 5.1% † 6,794 (±0.6% / ±808)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

6,865 ±368 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 245,025 ±209
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$445,000 ±$18,804 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Bristol County: $451,200 ±$3,411
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

4.2% ±1.5% (716  ±251.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 9.2% 53,066 (±0.4% / ±2,508.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

91.2% ±6.3% (11,794  ±911.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 86.7% 357,621 (±1.1% / ±4,580.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
36.8% ±4.3% (4,758  ±582.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 30.8% 127,037 (±0.7% / ±2,784.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

9.2% ±2.6% (1,596  ±448) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bristol County: 13.6% 79,338
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

6.6% ±1.7% (901  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 5.2% 24,032 (±0.2% / ±1,109)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
901 Total veterans ±229 857 Male ±221 44 Female ±42

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.