Attleboro vs Taunton

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

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

Taunton has the higher population (59,719 vs 46,499 in Attleboro). Attleboro has the higher median household income ($93,266 vs $79,715 in Taunton). Attleboro has the higher median home value ($409,100 vs $388,200 in Taunton).

Population, income & housing

	Attleboro	Taunton
Population	46,499	59,719
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,266	$79,715
Median home value	$409,100	$388,200
Median gross rent	$1,446	$1,269
Housing units	19,055	25,098
Homeownership rate	66.1%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attleboro	Taunton
Population	44,789 → 46,499 (+3.8%)	57,124 → 59,719 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$74,962 → $93,266 (+24.4%)	$62,865 → $79,715 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$292,900 → $409,100 (+39.7%)	$271,800 → $388,200 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,446 (+33.8%)	$1,012 → $1,269 (+25.4%)

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

Taunton

Population

57,12459,719

Median household income

$62,865$79,715

Median home value

$271,800$388,200

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Attleboro	Taunton
Under 5	7.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.3%
75 and over	5.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attleboro	Taunton
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	72.1%
Black or African American	5.6%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attleboro	Taunton
No high school diploma	10.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attleboro	Taunton
Drove alone	74.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.9%
Public transit	2.6%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.4%	6.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attleboro	Taunton
1-unit, detached	53.9%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	29.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	10.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Attleboro	Taunton
Poverty rate	9.2%	13.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1971	1964