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Bristol town, Bristol County, RI

22,317 Population
9.8 square miles 2,279.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bristol County: 44.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$50,147 ±$3,629 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $58,817 ±$2,700
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $45,919 ±$602
$96,005 ±$6,994 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $110,926 ±$5,022
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $86,372 ±$1,274

7.5% ±2.3% (1,421  ±428) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 6.8% † 3,189 (±1.3% / ±616)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rhode Island: 10.9% 114,890 (±0.5% / ±4,854)

25.8 minutes ±1.8 (255,975  ±24,868) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Bristol County: 25.5 563,415 (±1.1 / ±32,468)
  • about the same as the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,262,240 (±0.3 / ±179,773)

Families

8,480 ±356 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 19,420 ±408
  • Rhode Island: 436,902 ±1,822
2.2 ±0.1 (18,910  ±80) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 2.4 46,779 (±0.1 / ±84)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,050,464

2.5% ±2.1% (137  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bristol County: 3.5% † 397 (±1.4% / ±164)
  • about half the rate in Rhode Island: 4.6% 11,642 (±0.4% / ±970)

Housing

9,670 ±361 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 21,557 ±49
  • Rhode Island: 484,615 ±142

$447,500 ±$17,839 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bristol County: $468,000 ±$13,136
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $368,800 ±$2,560

12.8% ±2.5% (2,851  ±550.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 10.7% † 5,386 (±1.5% / ±731.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 121,232 (±0.4% / ±4,620.7)

Social

91.9% ±6% (14,109  ±973.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 93.5% 33,286 (±3.5% / ±1,262.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.5% 694,829 (±0.9% / ±6,617.3)
45.9% ±4.2% (7,053  ±664.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 51.8% 18,420 (±2.4% / ±867.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 37.3% 289,667 (±0.5% / ±4,173.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.9% ±2.3% (2,216  ±520) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 9.9% 5,007
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rhode Island: 14.8% 162,413

6.5% ±1.2% (1,242  ±231) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 5.2% † 2,153 (±0.7% / ±275)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 5.4% 47,214 (±0.2% / ±1,530)
1,242 Total veterans ±231 1,185 Male ±234 57 Female ±46

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