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Taunton city, Bristol County, MA

57,327 Population
46.7 square miles 1,227.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Bristol County: 41 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,952 ±$1,499 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $36,900 ±$587
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$63,433 ±$5,040 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $71,450 ±$1,420
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

13.9% ±1.9% (7,888  ±1,099) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bristol County: 10.7% 58,446 (±0.5% / ±2,961)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

29.5 minutes ±1.4 (812,465  ±51,979) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Bristol County: 28.6 7,527,390 (±0.4 / ±127,766)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

22,077 ±653 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 220,365 ±1,190
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.6 ±0.1 (56,651  ±190) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Bristol County: 2.5 548,154 (±0 / ±816)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

5.2% ±2.2% (699  ±299) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 4.6% † 5,978 (±0.5% / ±608)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

23,553 ±693 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 236,043 ±328
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$291,100 ±$10,026 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $317,800 ±$3,343
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

11.8% ±2.2% (6,714  ±1,272) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bristol County: 10.6% 59,355 (±0.6% / ±3,060.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

84.5% ±3.2% (33,847  ±1,474.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bristol County: 86.2% 341,086 (±1% / ±4,052.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
22.7% ±1.9% (9,079  ±785.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 29.2% 115,519 (±0.6% / ±2,455.6)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

12% ±1.3% (6,878  ±764) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Bristol County: 12.8% 71,985 (±0.5% / ±2,646)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

5.1% ±0.7% (2,283  ±315) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 6.4% 28,357 (±0.3% / ±1,135)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
2,283 Total veterans ±315 2,164 Male ±302 119 Female ±66

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