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Fall River city, Bristol County, MA

93,864 Population
33.1 square miles 2,833.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 40.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$31,047 ±$2,253 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bristol County: $42,385 ±$1,182
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$52,978 ±$6,572 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bristol County: $81,148 ±$2,111
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

24% ±4.4% (22,178  ±4,051) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Bristol County: 13% 73,897 (±1.3% / ±7,086)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

25.5 minutes ±0.9 (1,001,280  ±51,618) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 28.4 7,312,720 (±0.4 / ±137,978)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

43,425 ±2,060 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 233,990 ±2,493
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.1 ±0.1 (92,245  ±114) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 2.4 567,164 (±0 / ±125)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613

1.8% ±1.2% (424  ±281) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 4.7% † 6,252 (±1.2% / ±1,580)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

46,189 ±2,382 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 245,727 ±82
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$402,100 ±$29,215 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $459,700 ±$7,872
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

12.3% ±3.5% (11,417  ±3,205.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 10.7% † 61,516 (±1.4% / ±7,808.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

79.8% ±4.6% (52,659  ±3,764.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 86.6% 358,090 (±2.3% / ±9,646.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
19.7% ±3% (12,968  ±2,030.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 31.3% 129,605 (±1.5% / ±6,207.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

22.1% ±3.5% (20,693  ±3,245) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 14.2% 82,391
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580

4.1% ±1.1% (3,012  ±809) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 5.2% † 24,080 (±0.6% / ±2,564)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
3,012 Total veterans ±809 2,790 Male ±756 222 Female ±246

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