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Taunton city, Bristol County, MA

59,436 Population
46.7 square miles 1,272.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bristol County: 41 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,349 ±$1,214 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $42,006 ±$620
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$72,782 ±$6,433 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $80,628 ±$1,754
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

12.7% ±1.6% (7,471  ±943) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 11.1% 62,801 (±0.5% / ±3,019)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

29 minutes ±1.3 (814,025  ±50,133) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Bristol County: 28.2 7,347,740 (±0.3 / ±117,762)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

23,835 ±636 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 229,861 ±957
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.5 ±0.1 (58,722  ±52) 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

5.4% ±2.4% (742  ±324) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 4.7% 6,279 (±0.5% / ±612)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

25,267 ±631 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 243,297 ±110
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$359,500 ±$8,416 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $385,000 ±$3,683
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

12.4% ±2% (7,339  ±1,200) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bristol County: 9.8% 55,718 (±0.5% / ±2,647.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

84.3% ±3.5% (35,674  ±1,576) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 86.1% 350,600 (±1.1% / ±4,517.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
22.9% ±2% (9,693  ±,853.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bristol County: 29.7% 120,890 (±0.6% / ±2,486.6)
  • about half 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

14.8% ±1.6% (8,789  ±956) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 13.4% 77,179
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

5.3% ±0.8% (2,470  ±370) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Bristol County: 5.6% 25,495 (±0.3% / ±1,181)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
2,470 Total veterans ±370 2,302 Male ±353 168 Female ±95

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