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New Bedford city, Bristol County, MA

95,348 Population
20 square miles 4,767.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 41 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$26,278 ±$1,909 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bristol County: $36,343 ±$1,050
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
$47,305 ±$4,418 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bristol County: $70,402 ±$3,622
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991

20.2% ±3.7% (18,976  ±3,513) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 11.4% † 62,974 (±1.2% / ±6,621)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)

27.7 minutes ±2.6 (1,196,450  ±127,283) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 29.9 8,207,015 (±1 / ±311,998)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)

Families

39,216 ±1,792 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 220,528 ±2,392
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
2.4 ±0.1 (93,461  ±551) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 550,062 (±0 / ±1,430)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)

4.9% ±2.2% (1,188  ±548) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 4% † 5,275 (±1.1% / ±1,372)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)

Housing

42,200 ±1,878 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 236,903 ±586
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274

$243,300 ±$11,031 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bristol County: $329,200 ±$6,139
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128

15.8% ±4.1% (14,888  ±3,864.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bristol County: 11.3% † 63,341 (±1.3% / ±7,390.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)

Social

77% ±4.6% (49,924  ±3,516.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 86.3% 344,549 (±2.4% / ±9,453.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
16.3% ±2.5% (10,531  ±1,650.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Bristol County: 30.1% 119,989 (±1.5% / ±5,918.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

20.8% ±3.1% (19,860  ±2,972) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 13.6% 76,798 (±0.9% / ±5,297)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)

6.1% ±1.4% (4,404  ±1,035) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Bristol County: 6.3% 28,104 (±0.6% / ±2,673)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
4,404 Total veterans ±1,035 4,180 Male ±1,022 224 Female ±181

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