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New Bedford city, Bristol County, MA

100,947 Population
20 square miles 5,047.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 41.3 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,044 ±$1,896 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bristol County: $38,617 ±$1,290
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $49,746 ±$459
$49,237 ±$5,721 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bristol County: $73,102 ±$4,617
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $89,645 ±$1,287

18.6% ±3.6% (18,555  ±3,577) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 12% † 68,147 (±1.3% / ±7,199)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,138 (±0.3% / ±21,871)

23.9 minutes ±1 (1,014,365  ±94,987) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 27 6,609,500 (±0.5 / ±229,104)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 27.5 73,941,424 (±0.2 / ±862,637)

Families

42,743 ±2,324 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 233,531 ±2,460
  • Massachusetts: 2,759,018 ±9,086
2.3 ±0.1 (99,264  ±558) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 2.4 566,078 (±0 / ±1,974)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,738,001 (±0)

5.2% ±2.2% (1,270  ±535) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 4.7% † 6,297 (±1.1% / ±1,449)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,136 (±0.3% / ±4,819)

Housing

44,717 ±2,387 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 244,229 ±805
  • Massachusetts: 3,017,772 ±315

$305,600 ±$14,954 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $391,300 ±$6,921
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $480,600 ±$3,093

10.2% ±2.1% (10,123  ±2,091.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 9.7% † 55,761 (±1.1% / ±6,321.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 872,355 (±0.3% / ±22,449.6)

Social

74.7% ±4.5% (51,232  ±3,572) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 85% 348,992 (±2.2% / ±9,045.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,495,563 (±0.7% / ±33,250.2)
17.6% ±2.4% (12,089  ±1,694.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 29.5% 120,919 (±1.3% / ±5,323.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,300,423 (±0.5% / ±23,318)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

22.5% ±3% (22,672  ±3,061) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 13.7% 79,188 (±0.9% / ±5,192)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,488 (±0.3% / ±21,752)

4% ±1% (3,120  ±785) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 4.9% 22,540 (±0.5% / ±2,156)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 238,039 (±0.1% / ±7,249)
3,120 Total veterans ±785 2,779 Male ±759 341 Female ±274

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