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Swansea town, Bristol County, MA

17,158 Population
22.7 square miles 756.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 41 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$47,358 ±$2,743 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $42,006 ±$620
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$110,975 ±$11,524 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Bristol County: $80,628 ±$1,754
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

3.2% ±1.7% (542  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bristol County: 11.1% 62,801 (±0.5% / ±3,019)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

28.3 minutes ±2 (232,145  ±23,006) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bristol County: 28.2 7,347,740 (±0.3 / ±117,762)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

6,809 ±283 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 229,861 ±957
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.5 ±0.1 (16,974  ±44) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 562,753 (±0 / ±93)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

4.8% ±2.7% (165  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 4.7% 6,279 (±0.5% / ±612)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

6,927 ±278 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 243,297 ±110
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$392,800 ±$20,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Bristol County: $385,000 ±$3,683
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

6.6% ±2.6% (1,120  ±,448.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bristol County: 9.8% 55,718 (±0.5% / ±2,647.3)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

89.2% ±6.1% (11,692  ±,856.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little 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)
34.2% ±3.9% (4,480  ±,519.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 29.7% 120,890 (±0.6% / ±2,486.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

9.7% ±2.5% (1,656  ±436) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bristol County: 13.4% 77,179
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

6.1% ±1.4% (855  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 5.6% 25,495 (±0.3% / ±1,181)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
855 Total veterans ±197 791 Male ±188 64 Female ±54

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