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New Bedford, MA

101,313 Population
20 square miles 5,065.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 41 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,192 ±$2,570 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $46,155 ±$985
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$57,240 ±$7,276 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $82,870 ±$2,747
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

21.9% ±5.1% (21,920  ±5,094) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 11.4% 188,093 (±0.8% / ±13,070)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)

26.1 minutes ±2.5 (1,139,570  ±131,436) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 27.9 21,422,020 (±0.5 / ±501,398)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)

Families

40,588 ±2,090 Number of households
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 683,183 ±4,920
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.5 ±0.1 (99,930  ±60) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 2.4 1,642,047 (±0 / ±137)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

6.4% ±3.4% (1,585  ±848) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 4% † 15,531 (±0.7% / ±2,688)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

42,508 ±2,134 Number of housing units
  • the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 734,331 ±181
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$395,400 ±$19,895 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: $471,000 ±$5,256
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

11% ±3.3% (10,967  ±3,316.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 10.3% 174,394 (±0.8% / ±13,071.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

79% ±4.4% (52,552  ±3,819.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 89.9% 1,092,719 (±1.5% / ±17,968)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
17.7% ±2.6% (11,788  ±1,797.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 36.5% 443,541 (±0.9% / ±11,386.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)

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

18.1% ±3.9% (18,381  ±3,932) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 15.3% 259,826
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

3.3% ±1.1% (2,481  ±868) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area: 4.8% 66,169 (±0.4% / ±4,886)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
2,481 Total veterans ±868 2,442 Male ±870 39 Female ±74

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