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Bristol County, MA

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 35 ZIP codes inside Bristol County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
35
in this county
Total population
576,050
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
27
distinct city/town names
Avg density
907
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Bristol County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
02780 Taunton 51,911 605
02703 Attleboro 46,126 666
02740 New Bedford 45,990 3,090
02720 Fall River 31,210 914
02760 North Attleboro 28,837 620
02721 Fall River 26,981 2,590
02745 New Bedford 24,884 978
02048 Mansfield 23,768 457
02747 North Dartmouth 22,872 215
02766 Norton 19,270 267
02724 Fall River 18,127 3,886
02777 Swansea 17,020 290
02746 New Bedford 16,675 2,260
02723 Fall River 16,577 4,014
02790 Westport 16,237 116
02719 Fairhaven 15,911 496
02726 Somerset 15,781 1,103
02771 Seekonk 15,339 322
02767 Raynham 15,255 238
02744 New Bedford 12,614 3,744
02769 Rehoboth 12,434 102
02356 North Easton 11,943 339
02748 South Dartmouth 11,496 191
02375 South Easton 11,437 320
02743 Acushnet 10,443 223
02718 East Taunton 6,867 258
02779 Berkley 6,724 157
02717 East Freetown 4,782 83
02764 North Dighton 4,472 158
02702 Assonet 4,383 101
02715 Dighton 3,531 122
02725 Somerset 2,490 405
02763 Attleboro Falls 1,720 740
02357 North Easton 1,582 1,573
02791 Westport Point 361 107

About Bristol County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Bristol County in Massachusetts contains roughly 35 ZIP codes spread across 27 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 576,050. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Massachusetts index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 907, which classifies the county overall as a suburban environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Bristol County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Bristol County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.