Attleboro vs New Bedford

A side-by-side comparison of Attleboro and New Bedford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Bedford has the higher population (100,731 vs 46,499 in Attleboro). Attleboro has the higher median household income ($93,266 vs $56,025 in New Bedford). Attleboro has the higher median home value ($409,100 vs $324,400 in New Bedford).

Population, income & housing

	Attleboro	New Bedford
Population	46,499	100,731
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,266	$56,025
Median home value	$409,100	$324,400
Median gross rent	$1,446	$1,085
Housing units	19,055	44,468
Homeownership rate	66.1%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attleboro	New Bedford
Population	44,789 → 46,499 (+3.8%)	95,239 → 100,731 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$74,962 → $93,266 (+24.4%)	$46,321 → $56,025 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$292,900 → $409,100 (+39.7%)	$226,900 → $324,400 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,446 (+33.8%)	$847 → $1,085 (+28.1%)

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

New Bedford

Population

95,239100,731

Median household income

$46,321$56,025

Median home value

$226,900$324,400

Median gross rent

$847$1,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attleboro	New Bedford
Under 5	7.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.4%
75 and over	5.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attleboro	New Bedford
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	55.6%
Black or African American	5.6%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	4.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attleboro	New Bedford
No high school diploma	10.0%	23.9%
High school graduate	31.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attleboro	New Bedford
Drove alone	74.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	15.3%
Public transit	2.6%	2.6%
Walked	1.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.4%	4.7%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attleboro	New Bedford
1-unit, detached	53.9%	30.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	47.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	12.7%
20 or more units	6.9%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Attleboro	New Bedford
Poverty rate	9.2%	19.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1971	1938