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Freetown town, Bristol County, MA

9,364 Population
34.5 square miles 271.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Bristol County: 41 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,606 ±$3,448 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $36,900 ±$587
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$101,574 ±$18,221 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Bristol County: $71,450 ±$1,420
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

5.9% ±2.4% (544  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 10.7% 58,446 (±0.5% / ±2,961)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

31.2 minutes ±2.1 (155,240  ±13,782) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 28.6 7,527,390 (±0.4 / ±127,766)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

3,372 ±160 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 220,365 ±1,190
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.8 ±0.1 (9,269  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 548,154 (±0 / ±816)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

5.9% ±3.4% (124  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bristol County: 4.6% † 5,978 (±0.5% / ±608)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

3,629 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 236,043 ±328
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$372,700 ±$15,105 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $317,800 ±$3,343
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

8.6% ±3% (798  ±279.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 10.6% 59,355 (±0.6% / ±3,060.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

92.5% ±6.6% (6,345  ±502.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 86.2% 341,086 (±1% / ±4,052.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
36.3% ±4.8% (2,490  ±337.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 29.2% 115,519 (±0.6% / ±2,455.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

8.5% ±2.7% (796  ±253) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bristol County: 12.8% 71,985 (±0.5% / ±2,646)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

11% ±2.5% (816  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 6.4% 28,357 (±0.3% / ±1,135)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
816 Total veterans ±184 803 Male ±186 13 Female ±21

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