What is the population of Taunton city?

Taunton city has 59,719 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #20 of 248 in Massachusetts.

What is the median household income in Taunton city?

Median household income in Taunton city is $79,715 a year, 1.5% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Taunton city?

Median gross rent is $1,269 a month and the median home value is $388,200, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.

Is Taunton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Taunton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Taunton, MA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Taunton, Massachusetts (Taunton, MA — Census place “Taunton city”) is 59,719 residents, ranking #20 of 248 places in Massachusetts. Median household income is $79,715, the median home is worth $388,200 and median gross rent runs $1,269 a month. Looking for the Taunton Massachusetts ZIP code list? 3 ZIP codes serve Taunton, MA: 02718, 02767, 02780.

Population: 59,719Taunton city residents
Median household income: $79,715Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $388,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,269Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.9%Owner-occupied households

Taunton ZIP codes (Massachusetts)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Taunton.

The Taunton MA ZIP code list below covers 3 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Taunton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Taunton city median would spend about 19.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.7% of residents and 62.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Taunton city, MA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Taunton city is a small city in Massachusetts, with 59,719 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #20 of 248 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 39 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Taunton city earn a median of $79,715 a year, 1.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $99,537 median for the 222 Massachusetts cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 13.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Taunton city is valued at $388,200, 27.9% above the national figure and 22% below the $497,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,269 a month, 9.7% below the national figure, or roughly $15,228 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 62.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Taunton city?: Taunton city has 59,719 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #20 of 248 in Massachusetts.
What is the median household income in Taunton city?: Median household income in Taunton city is $79,715 a year, 1.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Taunton city?: Median gross rent is $1,269 a month and the median home value is $388,200, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.
Is Taunton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Taunton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Taunton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.