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Fall River city, Bristol County, MA

89,662 Population
33.1 square miles 2,707.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 40.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$24,726 ±$1,775 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bristol County: $34,887 ±$1,281
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,349 ±$382
$44,957 ±$5,937 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bristol County: $66,205 ±$2,009
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $79,835 ±$970

16.1% ±3.5% (14,200  ±3,082) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 10.6% † 58,275 (±1.2% / ±6,478)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 663,918 (±0.3% / ±20,551)

24.5 minutes ±0.7 (928,030  ±36,081) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 28.2 7,548,770 (±0.2 / ±82,045)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

38,136 ±1,949 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 215,132 ±2,834
  • Massachusetts: 2,624,294 ±8,879
2.3 ±0.1 (88,282  ±569) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 2.6 549,054 (±0 / ±1,378)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,653,753 (±0)

5.2% ±2% (1,086  ±431) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bristol County: 3.9% † 5,225 (±0.7% / ±952)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,345 (±0.2% / ±4,014)

Housing

42,170 ±2,139 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 236,308 ±561
  • Massachusetts: 2,915,043 ±327

$255,600 ±$11,027 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $317,500 ±$6,342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $400,700 ±$2,804

17.7% ±4% (15,646  ±3,566.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 10.9% † 60,887 (±1.1% / ±6,371.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 864,299 (±0.4% / ±24,918.7)

Social

74.4% ±5% (46,669  ±3,530.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 85.7% 339,440 (±2.2% / ±8,588.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,386,424 (±0.7% / ±31,907.4)
15.2% ±2.5% (9,510  ±1,575.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 27.2% 107,822 (±1.2% / ±4,662.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,152,010 (±0.4% / ±20,295.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

23% ±3.9% (20,589  ±3,461) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 13.4% 75,693 (±1% / ±5,540)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.4% 1,198,148 (±0.3% / ±20,609)

5.3% ±1.3% (3,723  ±941) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 5.9% 26,583 (±0.6% / ±2,640)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 292,644 (±0.2% / ±8,712)
3,723 Total veterans ±941 3,395 Male ±869 328 Female ±317

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