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Bristol town, Bristol County, RI

22,220 Population
9.8 square miles 2,270 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 44.2 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,739 ±$3,255 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $61,409 ±$2,319
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$97,764 ±$8,188 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $114,490 ±$5,860
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±2.1% (1,252  ±393) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 6.5% † 3,075 (±1.2% / ±571)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,364 (±0.4% / ±4,269)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±2.3 (243,725  ±27,436) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 26.4 569,010 (±1.4 / ±36,619)
  • a little less than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,731 ±268 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 20,104 ±322
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (19,021  ±59) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 2.3 46,849 (±0 / ±62)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,057,168
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±2.2% (169  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 4.1% † 463 (±1.7% / ±192)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhode Island: 4.5% 11,505 (±0.4% / ±892)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,510 ±324 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 21,615 ±68
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$485,000 ±$24,967 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bristol County: $513,800 ±$22,475
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±2.3% (2,635  ±516.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 9.8% † 4,894 (±1.3% / ±668.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±6.1% (14,260  ±998.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 93.6% 33,584 (±3.6% / ±1,290.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47.6% ±4.3% (7,344  ±679.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 53% 19,011 (±2.4% / ±869.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 37.7% 295,838 (±0.6% / ±4,306.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

9.1% ±2.5% (2,024  ±563) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Bristol County: 9.7% 4,891
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhode Island: 15.3% 168,502
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.4% (1,246  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 5.3% † 2,181 (±0.7% / ±276)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rhode Island: 5.1% 45,406 (±0.2% / ±1,802)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,246 Total veterans ±263 1,185 Male ±259 61 Female ±46

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