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Fairhaven town, Bristol County, MA

15,911 Population
12.4 square miles 1,284.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$50,384 ±$9,676 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bristol County: $38,632 ±$583
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$79,432 ±$10,864 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $74,290 ±$1,371
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

6.6% ±2.2% (1,009  ±332) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 11% 61,584 (±0.5% / ±2,813)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

26.6 minutes ±3.9 (189,820  ±31,931) 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

6,872 ±383 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 227,816 ±990
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.3 ±0.1 (15,577  ±125) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 561,247 (±0 / ±920)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

2.6% ±1.3% (83  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 4.6% † 6,117 (±0.5% / ±686)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

7,471 ±395 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 242,312 ±420
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$321,400 ±$19,110 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bristol County: $339,900 ±$2,682
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

9.8% ±3% (1,560  ±473) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Bristol County: 10.4% 59,213 (±0.5% / ±2,760.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

91.1% ±5.6% (10,941  ±787.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 85.8% 347,515 (±1.1% / ±4,346)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
28.9% ±4.1% (3,475  ±502.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as 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

6.1% ±1.6% (973  ±250) Foreign-born population
  • about half 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)

7.8% ±1.5% (1,017  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bristol County: 5.9% 26,998 (±0.2% / ±987)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
1,017 Total veterans ±205 956 Male ±197 61 Female ±57

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