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Taunton city, Bristol County, MA

59,719 Population
46.7 square miles 1,278.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±1.4 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

$38,335 ±$1,513 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $43,752 ±$558
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$79,715 ±$7,327 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Bristol County: $84,198 ±$1,682
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

13.7% ±2.1% (8,125  ±1,254) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 11.7% 65,846 (±0.6% / ±3,176)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

29.2 minutes ±1.4 (816,030  ±53,066) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Bristol County: 28.4 7,312,720 (±0.4 / ±137,978)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

23,871 ±622 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 232,202 ±954
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.5 ±0.1 (58,979  ±45) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bristol County: 2.4 564,290 (±0 / ±98)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

7.2% ±2.6% (1,014  ±369) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 4.9% 6,539 (±0.5% / ±639)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

25,098 ±640 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 244,166 ±171
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$388,200 ±$11,920 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $421,800 ±$4,074
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

12.2% ±2.1% (7,221  ±1,243.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 9.8% 56,070 (±0.5% / ±2,966.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

84.8% ±3.4% (35,638  ±1,590.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 86.3% 352,929 (±1.1% / ±4,529)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
24.4% ±2% (10,246  ±848.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 30.6% 125,347 (±0.7% / ±2,694.1)
  • about half 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

14.1% ±1.8% (8,415  ±1,089) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 13.5% 77,855
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

5.7% ±0.8% (2,679  ±363) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 5.5% 24,980 (±0.3% / ±1,221)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
2,679 Total veterans ±363 2,466 Male ±335 213 Female ±128

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