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Taunton city, Bristol County, MA

60,433 Population
46.7 square miles 1,293.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$38,819 ±$1,619 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $44,757 ±$681
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$79,283 ±$6,517 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $85,625 ±$1,601
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

13% ±1.7% (7,770  ±1,026) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 11.3% 64,441 (±0.5% / ±2,926)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

29.3 minutes ±1 (817,305  ±42,418) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Bristol County: 28.5 7,279,730 (±0.4 / ±125,889)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

24,063 ±587 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 233,825 ±963
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.1 (59,676  ±47) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bristol County: 2.4 567,783 (±0 / ±101)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

7.9% ±2.8% (1,104  ±396) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 5.1% † 6,794 (±0.6% / ±808)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

25,188 ±632 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 245,025 ±209
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$422,800 ±$9,476 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bristol County: $451,200 ±$3,411
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

11.3% ±2% (6,766  ±1,217.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 9.2% 53,066 (±0.4% / ±2,508.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

85.6% ±3.5% (36,277  ±1,629.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 86.7% 357,621 (±1.1% / ±4,580.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
24% ±2.1% (10,152  ±887.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 30.8% 127,037 (±0.7% / ±2,784.1)
  • about half 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

13.7% ±1.5% (8,275  ±928) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 13.6% 79,338
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

5.6% ±0.8% (2,634  ±387) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 5.2% 24,032 (±0.2% / ±1,109)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
2,634 Total veterans ±387 2,408 Male ±381 226 Female ±137

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