Attleboro vs Fall River

A side-by-side comparison of Attleboro and Fall River: population, income, housing, and more.

Attleboro and Fall River are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fall River has the higher population (93,764 vs 46,499 in Attleboro). Attleboro has the higher median household income ($93,266 vs $53,933 in Fall River). Attleboro has the higher median home value ($409,100 vs $357,800 in Fall River).

Population, income & housing

	Attleboro	Fall River
Population	46,499	93,764
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,266	$53,933
Median home value	$409,100	$357,800
Median gross rent	$1,446	$1,086
Housing units	19,055	44,359
Homeownership rate	66.1%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attleboro	Fall River
Population	44,789 → 46,499 (+3.8%)	89,388 → 93,764 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$74,962 → $93,266 (+24.4%)	$43,503 → $53,933 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$292,900 → $409,100 (+39.7%)	$242,200 → $357,800 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,446 (+33.8%)	$804 → $1,086 (+35.1%)

Attleboro

Population

44,78946,499

Median household income

$74,962$93,266

Median home value

$292,900$409,100

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,446

Fall River

Population

89,38893,764

Median household income

$43,503$53,933

Median home value

$242,200$357,800

Median gross rent

$804$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attleboro	Fall River
Under 5	7.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.2%
75 and over	5.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attleboro	Fall River
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	69.5%
Black or African American	5.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attleboro	Fall River
No high school diploma	10.0%	23.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attleboro	Fall River
Drove alone	74.5%	72.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.6%
Public transit	2.6%	1.3%
Walked	1.2%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.4%	6.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attleboro	Fall River
1-unit, detached	53.9%	22.9%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	44.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	20.4%
20 or more units	6.9%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Attleboro	Fall River
Poverty rate	9.2%	20.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1971	1945