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Freetown town, Bristol County, MA

9,299 Population
34.5 square miles 269.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 41 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$39,848 ±$2,979 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $35,747 ±$448
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$88,125 ±$9,237 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Bristol County: $69,095 ±$1,219
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

5.7% ±2.7% (520  ±245) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 11.3% 61,875 (±0.5% / ±2,770)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

33.6 minutes ±2.3 (157,940  ±14,084) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 28.8 7,775,180 (±0.4 / ±126,344)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

3,262 ±128 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 217,912 ±1,172
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.8 ±0.1 (9,206  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 545,676 (±0 / ±747)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

5.6% ±3.5% (107  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 4.6% † 6,009 (±0.5% / ±653)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

3,481 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 235,275 ±312
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$356,100 ±$13,457 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $299,800 ±$2,745
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

9.5% ±3.5% (873  ±324.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 10.9% 60,808 (±0.5% / ±2,525.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

91.2% ±5.7% (6,152  ±433.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 85.7% 336,619 (±1% / ±3,790.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
32.4% ±4% (2,184  ±276.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 28.7% 112,574 (±0.6% / ±2,194.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

7.2% ±2.2% (671  ±200) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 12.8% 71,523 (±0.4% / ±2,287)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

8.1% ±2% (595  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 6.5% 28,673 (±0.2% / ±1,026)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
595 Total veterans ±147 580 Male ±146 15 Female ±22

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