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Westport town, Bristol County, MA

16,382 Population
49.8 square miles 328.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$52,794 ±$4,764 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $43,752 ±$558
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$100,703 ±$7,270 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $84,198 ±$1,682
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

6% ±2.5% (977  ±404) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 11.7% 65,846 (±0.6% / ±3,176)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

28.8 minutes ±3 (224,040  ±27,873) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as 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

6,776 ±270 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 232,202 ±954
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.4 ±0.1 (16,363  ±19) 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

1.4% ±1.3% (45  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bristol County: 4.9% 6,539 (±0.5% / ±639)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

7,674 ±326 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 244,166 ±171
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$483,800 ±$20,292 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $421,800 ±$4,074
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

3.9% ±1.7% (638  ±273.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 9.8% 56,070 (±0.5% / ±2,966.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

91.5% ±6.1% (11,469  ±857.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 86.3% 352,929 (±1.1% / ±4,529)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
30.3% ±3.6% (3,797  ±471.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 30.6% 125,347 (±0.7% / ±2,694.1)
  • about two-thirds of 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

10.5% ±3.2% (1,712  ±516) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 13.5% 77,855
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

7.6% ±1.9% (1,035  ±262) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bristol County: 5.5% 24,980 (±0.3% / ±1,221)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
1,035 Total veterans ±262 974 Male ±249 61 Female ±45

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