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Taunton, Massachusetts Neighborhood Profile

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The approximate number of people residing in Taunton, Massachusetts is 55,976. The number of males living in Taunton, Massachusetts is twenty-six thousand, nine hundred and four, females - 29,072. The media age of Taunton, Massachusetts residents is 35.7 years old. Median household income in Taunton, Massachusetts is forty-two thousand, nine hundred and thirty-two dollars. 3.77% of Taunton, Massachusetts housing units are vacant, 96.23% percent of Taunton, Massachusetts housing units are occupied, and 37.32% are renter-occupied units.

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 Taunton, Massachusetts United States
Total population55,976 281,421,906
StateMassachusetts 
CityTaunton 

Taunton, Massachusetts Population

 Taunton, Massachusetts %, Taunton, Massachusetts United States
Male26,90448.06%49.06%
Female29,07251.94%50.94%
Median age (years)35.7  35.3
18 years and over42,05775.13%74.31%
21 years and over40,19571.81%69.97%
62 years and over8,40415.01%14.66%
65 years and over7,21712.89%12.43%

 Taunton, Massachusetts %, Taunton, Massachusetts United States
White51,31591.67%75.14%
Black or African American1,5342.74%12.32%
Asian3340.6%3.64%
Some other race1,5582.78%5.46%
Two or more races1,2352.21%2.43%

Taunton, Massachusetts Housing

 Taunton, Massachusetts %, Taunton, Massachusetts United States
Total housing units 22,908 115,904,641
- Vacant housing units 8633.77%8.99%
- Occupied housing units 22,04596.23%91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units 13,49558.91%60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units 8,55037.32%30.77%
 Taunton, Massachusetts %, Taunton, Massachusetts United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 20003,517 15.95%19.95%
1995 to 19986,429 29.16%28.9%
1990 to 19943,828 17.36%16.07%
1980 to 19893,384 15.35%15.58%
1970 to 19791,889 8.57%9.86%
1969 or earlier2,998 13.6%9.65%
 Taunton, Massachusetts %, Taunton, Massachusetts United States
Total households22,045  105,480,101
Family households (families)14,476 65.67%68.06%
Nonfamily households7,569 34.33%31.94%
 Taunton, Massachusetts United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000385,457,817
$50,000 to $99,9991,07316,778,971
$100,000 to $149,9994,10413,110,384
$150,000 to $199,9993,2508,075,904
$200,000 to $299,9991,0136,583,049
$300,000 to $499,9991063,584,108
$500,000 to $999,99991,308,116
$1,000,000 or more26313,759
Median (dollars)145,800119,600

Taunton, Massachusetts Education

 Taunton, Massachusetts %, Taunton, Massachusetts United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 13,482 76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool9597.11% 6.47%
Kindergarten8196.07% 5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)6,38047.32% 43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)2,83921.06% 21.38%
College or graduate school2,48518.43% 22.81%

Taunton, Massachusetts Economy

 Taunton, Massachusetts %, Taunton, Massachusetts United States
Population 16 years and over43,556  217,168,077
In labor force29,696 68.18%63.92%
- Civilian labor force29,655 68.08%63.39%
- - Employed28,391 65.18%59.73%
- - Unemployed1,264 2.9%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force4.3  5.8
- Armed Forces41 0.09%0.53%
Not in labor force13,860 31.82%36.08%
Females 16 years and over22,843 52.45%51.66%
In labor force14,320 32.88%29.72%
- Civilian labor force14,314 32.86%29.65%
- - Employed13,703 31.46%27.92%
Own children under 6 years4,443 10.2%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force3,081  12,787,501
With earnings17,512 40.21%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)52,516  56,604
With Social Security income5,674 13.03%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)10,312  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income1,372 3.15%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)6,854  6,320
With public assistance income826 1.9%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)3,800  3,032
With retirement income3,615 8.3%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)13,490  17,376
 Taunton, Massachusetts %, Taunton, Massachusetts United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households22,071  105,539,122
Less than $10,0002,024 9.17%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,9991,262 5.72%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,9992,806 12.71%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,9992,705 12.26%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,9993,972 18.0%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,9995,072 22.98%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,9992,467 11.18%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,9991,473 6.67%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999203 0.92%2.2%
$200,000 or more87 0.39%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)42,932  41,994


The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.