Attleboro vs Somerset

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

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

Attleboro has the higher population (46,499 vs 18,246 in Somerset). Somerset has the higher median household income ($111,720 vs $93,266 in Attleboro). Attleboro has the higher median home value ($409,100 vs $389,400 in Somerset).

Population, income & housing

	Attleboro	Somerset
Population	46,499	18,246
Median age	39.4 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,266	$111,720
Median home value	$409,100	$389,400
Median gross rent	$1,446	$1,313
Housing units	19,055	7,587
Homeownership rate	66.1%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attleboro	Somerset
Population	44,789 → 46,499 (+3.8%)	18,165 → 18,246 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$74,962 → $93,266 (+24.4%)	$84,115 → $111,720 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$292,900 → $409,100 (+39.7%)	$279,200 → $389,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,446 (+33.8%)	$1,132 → $1,313 (+16.0%)

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

Somerset

Population

18,16518,246

Median household income

$84,115$111,720

Median home value

$279,200$389,400

Median gross rent

$1,132$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attleboro	Somerset
Under 5	7.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.3%
75 and over	5.8%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attleboro	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attleboro	Somerset
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attleboro	Somerset
Drove alone	74.5%	84.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.9%
Public transit	2.6%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	10.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attleboro	Somerset
1-unit, detached	53.9%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	6.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Attleboro	Somerset
Poverty rate	9.2%	5.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1971	1961