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Dighton town, Bristol County, MA

8,003 Population
22 square miles 363.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Bristol County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,511 ±$3,397 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $38,632 ±$583
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$100,307 ±$15,693 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Bristol County: $74,290 ±$1,371
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

3.6% ±1.9% (290  ±153) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Bristol County: 11% 61,584 (±0.5% / ±2,813)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

27.5 minutes ±2.5 (112,825  ±14,068) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 28.3 7,438,475 (±0.3 / ±124,519)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

2,943 ±198 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 227,816 ±990
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.7 ±0.2 (7,921  ±59) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 561,247 (±0 / ±920)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

3.4% ±2.6% (69  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bristol County: 4.6% † 6,117 (±0.5% / ±686)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

3,019 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 242,312 ±420
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$399,400 ±$29,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $339,900 ±$2,682
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

4.7% ±2.4% (370  ±189.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 10.4% 59,213 (±0.5% / ±2,760.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

95.1% ±8.9% (5,471  ±566.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 85.8% 347,515 (±1.1% / ±4,346)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
31.5% ±5.2% (1,814  ±311.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 29.3% 118,733 (±0.6% / ±2,400.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

5.2% ±2.3% (414  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 13.2% 76,277 (±0.4% / ±2,041)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

6.5% ±1.7% (422  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 5.9% 26,998 (±0.2% / ±987)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
422 Total veterans ±108 422 Male ±108 N/A Female ±19

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