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New Bedford, MA Urban Area

160,431 Population
59.3 square miles 2,704.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,351 ±$2,512 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,258 ±$9,664 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.5% ±3.6% (25,541  ±5,563) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.9 minutes ±2 (1,913,050  ±207,381) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

64,647 ±2,941 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (154,346  ±5,355) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±2.1% (1,893  ±848) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

67,831 ±2,916 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$446,800 ±$18,002 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.7% ±2.3% (15,405  ±3,645.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

84.6% ±3.2% (93,030  ±5,186.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28% ±2.6% (30,836  ±3,166.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

14.8% ±2.5% (23,700  ±4,154) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.3% ±1% (5,460  ±1,306) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,460 Total veterans ±1,306 5,326 Male ±1,286 134 Female ±153

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