Taunton

Population & Demographics

Taunton, MA

Taunton is home to 60,433 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 32,332 resident workers commute each day.

MassachusettsCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
60,433
people
Population

60,433 residents

Median age 38.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Taunton population & demographics

Who lives in Taunton — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
60,433
Median age
38.9yrs
Median household income
$79,283
Median home value
$422,800
Median gross rent
$1,324/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
23.9%
Poverty rate
13.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Taunton

How Taunton breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White70.3%
Two or more races9.7%
Hispanic or Latino9.0%
Black7.7%
Asian1.9%
Some other race1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Taunton

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Taunton.

Taunton at a glance
Employed Residents
32,332
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
24.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Boston
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Taunton proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Taunton commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Taunton

32,332 commutes, one dot at a time

Taunton

Where 32,332 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Taunton, by worker count.

1Taunton0.0 mi5,221
2Boston29.0 mi3,519
3Brockton13.0 mi1,718
4Fall River14.3 mi1,016
5Attleboro11.2 mi539
6Bridgewater Town8.1 mi510
7Quincy25.1 mi475
8Cambridge32.6 mi406

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Taunton.

1Taunton0.0 mi5,221
2Fall River14.3 mi1,256
3New Bedford19.2 mi1,008
4Brockton13.0 mi838
5Attleboro11.2 mi642
6Boston29.0 mi436
7Pawtucket14.8 mi428
8Bridgewater Town8.1 mi402

Top industries

The sectors that employ Taunton’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance16.3%
WSWholesale Trade13.2%
COConstruction9.6%
RTRetail Trade8.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing7.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.2%
PAPublic Administration6.1%
MFManufacturing5.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Taunton

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
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