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Fall River city, Bristol County, MA

89,534 Population
33.1 square miles 2,703.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 41 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$24,039 ±$2,006 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bristol County: $36,343 ±$1,050
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
$41,346 ±$3,357 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Bristol County: $70,402 ±$3,622
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991

24.5% ±5.2% (21,634  ±4,571) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Bristol County: 11.4% † 62,974 (±1.2% / ±6,621)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)

24.9 minutes ±1 (938,865  ±44,902) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 28.8 7,775,180 (±0.4 / ±126,344)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

37,899 ±2,295 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 220,528 ±2,392
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
2.3 ±0.1 (88,123  ±571) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 550,062 (±0 / ±1,430)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)

6.3% ±3.9% (1,364  ±852) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 4% † 5,275 (±1.1% / ±1,372)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)

Housing

40,999 ±2,678 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 236,903 ±586
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274

$259,600 ±$12,726 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $329,200 ±$6,139
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128

13.2% ±3.4% (11,762  ±2,991.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 11.3% † 63,341 (±1.3% / ±7,390.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)

Social

76.9% ±4% (47,679  ±3,566.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 86.3% 344,549 (±2.4% / ±9,453.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
15.7% ±2.3% (9,700  ±1,517.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 30.1% 119,989 (±1.5% / ±5,918.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

18.7% ±2.9% (16,734  ±2,621) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bristol County: 13.6% 76,798 (±0.9% / ±5,297)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)

5.4% ±1.3% (3,749  ±946) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 6.3% 28,104 (±0.6% / ±2,673)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
3,749 Total veterans ±946 3,615 Male ±920 134 Female ±164

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