Fall River vs Taunton

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

Fall River and Taunton 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 59,719 in Taunton). Taunton has the higher median household income ($79,715 vs $53,933 in Fall River). Taunton has the higher median home value ($388,200 vs $357,800 in Fall River).

Population, income & housing

	Fall River	Taunton
Population	93,764	59,719
Median age	39.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,933	$79,715
Median home value	$357,800	$388,200
Median gross rent	$1,086	$1,269
Housing units	44,359	25,098
Homeownership rate	36.3%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall River	Taunton
Population	89,388 → 93,764 (+4.9%)	57,124 → 59,719 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$43,503 → $53,933 (+24.0%)	$62,865 → $79,715 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$242,200 → $357,800 (+47.7%)	$271,800 → $388,200 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,086 (+35.1%)	$1,012 → $1,269 (+25.4%)

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

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)

	Fall River	Taunton
Under 5	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.3%
75 and over	6.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall River	Taunton
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	72.1%
Black or African American	5.5%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.9%
Two or more races	7.7%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall River	Taunton
No high school diploma	23.2%	15.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall River	Taunton
Drove alone	72.4%	79.8%
Carpooled	14.6%	9.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.7%
Walked	3.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall River	Taunton
1-unit, detached	22.9%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	44.4%	29.2%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	10.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Fall River	Taunton
Poverty rate	20.9%	13.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1945	1964