Fall River vs North Attleborough Town

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

Fall River and North Attleborough Town 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 30,842 in North Attleborough Town). North Attleborough Town has the higher median household income ($109,426 vs $53,933 in Fall River). North Attleborough Town has the higher median home value ($462,700 vs $357,800 in Fall River).

Population, income & housing

	Fall River	North Attleborough Town
Population	93,764	30,842
Median age	39.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,933	$109,426
Median home value	$357,800	$462,700
Median gross rent	$1,086	$1,402
Housing units	44,359	13,126
Homeownership rate	36.3%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall River	North Attleborough Town
Population	89,388 → 93,764 (+4.9%)	29,281 → 30,842 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$43,503 → $53,933 (+24.0%)	$91,994 → $109,426 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$242,200 → $357,800 (+47.7%)	$355,600 → $462,700 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,086 (+35.1%)	$1,087 → $1,402 (+29.0%)

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

North Attleborough Town

Population

29,28130,842

Median household income

$91,994$109,426

Median home value

$355,600$462,700

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fall River	North Attleborough Town
Under 5	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.1%
75 and over	6.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall River	North Attleborough Town
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	85.1%
Black or African American	5.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall River	North Attleborough Town
No high school diploma	23.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall River	North Attleborough Town
Drove alone	72.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	14.6%	5.4%
Public transit	1.3%	2.5%
Walked	3.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	13.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall River	North Attleborough Town
1-unit, detached	22.9%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	44.4%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	8.8%
20 or more units	9.7%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Fall River	North Attleborough Town
Poverty rate	20.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1945	1973