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Avon town, Norfolk County, MA

4,740 Population
4.3 square miles 1,104.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Norfolk County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,432 ±$6,054 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Norfolk County: $60,406 ±$761
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$127,953 ±$37,944 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Norfolk County: $112,089 ±$1,589
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

4.2% ±2.7% (198  ±126) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Norfolk County: 6.3% 43,922 (±0.3% / ±2,333)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

29.3 minutes ±3.5 (76,265  ±11,409) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Norfolk County: 33.6 10,873,720 (±0.3 / ±145,332)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

1,653 ±197 Number of households
  • Norfolk County: 276,744 ±928
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.9 ±0.3 (4,735  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 2.5 702,433 (±0 / ±1,014)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

5.3% ±7.1% (62  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Norfolk County: 4.2% 7,158 (±0.4% / ±632)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

1,775 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Norfolk County: 289,052 ±449
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$396,900 ±$32,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Norfolk County: $529,200 ±$6,586
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

4.8% ±2.9% (225  ±137.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Norfolk County: 11.2% 79,613 (±0.5% / ±3,295.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

94% ±10.3% (3,078  ±382.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Norfolk County: 94.2% 477,397 (±1% / ±5,154.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
29.8% ±5.3% (975  ±183.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Norfolk County: 55.5% 281,499 (±0.8% / ±3,781.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

10.2% ±3.7% (485  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Norfolk County: 19.2% 138,035 (±0.4% / ±2,581)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

8.2% ±5.4% (302  ±199) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Norfolk County: 4.6% 25,891 (±0.2% / ±993)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
302 Total veterans ±199 277 Male ±192 25 Female ±32

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