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Swansea town, Bristol County, MA

16,462 Population
22.7 square miles 725.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bristol County: 41 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$36,032 ±$2,160 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bristol County: $34,226 ±$439
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$83,010 ±$6,888 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Bristol County: $66,157 ±$880
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

4.7% ±1.6% (755  ±262) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 11.5% 62,439 (±0.5% / ±2,559)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

26.5 minutes ±1.9 (221,085  ±20,127) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 28.2 7,548,770 (±0.2 / ±82,045)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

6,195 ±219 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 216,618 ±1,222
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.6 ±0.1 (16,269  ±99) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 543,241 (±0 / ±869)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

6.8% ±3.7% (222  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bristol County: 4.8% 6,289 (±0.4% / ±565)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

6,680 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 234,458 ±358
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$281,800 ±$9,371 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bristol County: $290,100 ±$2,008
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

7.4% ±2.4% (1,204  ±384.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bristol County: 11.2% 62,034 (±0.5% / ±2,693.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

87.2% ±5.6% (10,871  ±756) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bristol County: 84.9% 331,339 (±0.9% / ±3,602.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
23.3% ±2.9% (2,905  ±366.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 28% 109,080 (±0.5% / ±2,085)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

9.5% ±2.4% (1,569  ±396) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bristol County: 12.9% 72,272 (±0.4% / ±2,081)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

9.7% ±1.5% (1,306  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 6.6% 29,340 (±0.3% / ±1,143)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
1,306 Total veterans ±205 1,278 Male ±196 28 Female ±31

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