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New Bedford city, Bristol County, MA

95,323 Population
20 square miles 4,766.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 40.9 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$24,788 ±$1,481 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
$48,762 ±$4,711 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bristol County: $66,205 ±$2,009
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $79,835 ±$970

18.7% ±3.4% (17,478  ±3,189) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 10.6% † 58,275 (±1.2% / ±6,478)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 663,918 (±0.3% / ±20,551)

25.3 minutes ±0.7 (1,077,420  ±37,613) 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

37,910 ±1,603 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 215,132 ±2,834
  • Massachusetts: 2,624,294 ±8,879
2.5 ±0.1 (93,413  ±621) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 2.6 549,054 (±0 / ±1,378)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,653,753 (±0)

5.3% ±2% (1,259  ±471) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 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

42,153 ±1,811 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 236,308 ±561
  • Massachusetts: 2,915,043 ±327

$233,100 ±$8,821 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bristol County: $317,500 ±$6,342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $400,700 ±$2,804

12.8% ±2.6% (11,963  ±2,418.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 10.9% † 60,887 (±1.1% / ±6,371.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 864,299 (±0.4% / ±24,918.7)

Social

76.3% ±4.4% (47,509  ±3,184.6) 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)
15.7% ±2.4% (9,755  ±1,529.1) 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

19.5% ±2.6% (18,624  ±2,513) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 13.4% 75,693 (±1% / ±5,540)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.4% 1,198,148 (±0.3% / ±20,609)

3.4% ±0.7% (2,477  ±537) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 5.9% 26,583 (±0.6% / ±2,640)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 292,644 (±0.2% / ±8,712)
2,477 Total veterans ±537 2,404 Male ±527 73 Female ±97

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