County · Massachusetts

Bristol County, Massachusetts

Bristol County, Massachusetts has a quality-of-life score of 72 out of 100 (high), ranking #891 of 3,143 US counties. Within Massachusetts it ranks #13 of 14 counties. It ranks best on firearm deaths (low), suicide rate (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on cost of buying a home today (high), child care cost burden (high) and home price to income ratio (high).

72High

Quality-of-life score: #891 of 3,143 counties
Massachusetts: #13 of 14 in MA
Population: 593,640 (2025)
Land area: 553 mi²
Density: 1,073.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 25005

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety68#988/3,096
Economy60#1,245/3,143
Housing2#3,071/3,140
Health68#994/3,144
Healthcare93#207/3,143
Environment88#364/3,108
Education70#936/3,144
Infrastructure78#691/3,144
Community53#1,481/3,144
Leisure & amenities57#1,362/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bristol County, Massachusetts ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Firearm deaths · low3.6 /100k
100/100Massachusetts 3.5 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Suicide rate · low8.4 /100k
99/100Massachusetts 8.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.4%
99/100Massachusetts 3.3%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Homicide rate · low1.6 /100k
97/100Massachusetts 1.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Mammography screening · high58.0%
95/100Massachusetts 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health providers · high617 /100k
95/100Massachusetts 787 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Cost of buying a home today · high51.5%
3/100Massachusetts 47.2%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Child care cost burden · high41.5%
5/100Massachusetts 39.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Home price to income ratio · high5.3×
7/100Massachusetts 5.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
High ozone days · high3 days
8/100Massachusetts 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Time spent in the emergency room · high196 min
11/100Massachusetts 216 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Rent-burdened households · high52.2%
13/100Massachusetts 51.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 34% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+34 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drinking water violationsImproving
1 (2020) → 0 (2024)
−100%4 years
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
33.7% (Dec 2021) → 51.5% (Aug 2026)
+18 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
High ozone daysImproving
7 days (2017) → 3 days (2022)
−57%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsImproving
53.5 /100k (2021) → 23.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−57%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.1% (2015-2019) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
+8.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bristol County, Massachusetts improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 14 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Unemployment−5.7 points10.8% → 5.1%
Suicides−28%11.6 /100k → 8.4 /100k
Child poverty−3.9 points16.0% → 12.1%
Overdose deaths−46%42.5 /100k → 23.0 /100k
Students / teacher−1.1×13.7× → 12.6×

Declined5

Transit use−0.9 points2.8% → 1.9%
Property crime+5.4%1,003 /100k → 1,057 /100k
Price / income+0.9×4.3× → 5.3×
Rent / income+2.8 points28.3% → 31.1%
Rent burden+5.9 points46.3% → 52.2%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Bristol County, Massachusetts between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.7 /10k2020	3.6 /10k2025	−3.3%	Within the margin of error	29%
Average commute time	28.8 min2015-2019	28.5 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	65%
Average weekly wage	$1,0982020	$1,2862025	+17%	Improved	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%2015-2019	30.8%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Improved	39%
Broadband subscriptions	82.1%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Improved	33%
Child poverty rate	16.0%2019	12.1%2024	−3.9 points	Improved	81%
Distance to an airport	20 mi2020	20 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	42.5 /100k2020	23.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−46%	Improved	72%
Effective property tax rate	1.20%2015-2019	1.03%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	68%
Firearm deaths	5.4 /100k2020	3.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−33%	Within the margin of error	90%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	42%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	86.7%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Home price to income ratio	4.3×2015-2019	5.3×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	12%
Homicide rate	2.6 /100k2020	1.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−38%	Within the margin of error	62%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,8552019	$67,8702024	+26%	Improved	17%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4582015-2019	0.4582020-2024	−0.000	Within the margin of error	55%
Median household income	$69,8572019	$81,8982024	+17%	Improved	14%
New business applications	6.4 /1k2020	8.3 /1k2025	+28%	Improved	31%
Pharmacies	2.5 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−17%	Within the margin of error	28%
Poverty rate	11.3%2019	10.2%2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Property crime rate	1,003 /100k2020	1,057 /100k2025	+5.4%	Declined	8%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−4.4%	Within the margin of error	28%
Public transit commuters	2.8%2015-2019	1.9%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Declined	20%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Declined	20%
Rent-burdened households	46.3%2015-2019	52.2%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Declined	21%
Restaurants and bars	8.0 /10k2020	7.9 /10k2025	−1.2%	Within the margin of error	45%
Students per teacher	13.7×2019	12.6×2024	−1.1×	Improved	65%
Suicide rate	11.6 /100k2020	8.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Improved	90%
Traffic deaths	7.8 /100k2015-2019	7.2 /100k2020-2024	−7.7%	Within the margin of error	65%
Unemployment rate	10.8%2020	5.1%2025	−5.7 points	Improved	97%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.9%2019	4.4%2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Violent crime rate	391 /100k2020	340 /100k2025	−13%	Improved	47%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Bristol County, Massachusetts five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bristol County, Massachusetts in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bristol County, Massachusetts itself moved −2.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

582,270 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

233,825 households (±963)

Bristol County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts share

Under $25k16%36,461
$25k–50k16%36,386
$50k–75k14%32,583

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

233,825 households (±963)

Bristol County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts share

Own62%145,649
Rent38%88,176

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

287,109 workers (±2,638)

Bristol County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts share

Drive alone75%214,027
Carpool9.1%26,128
Public transit1.9%5,337

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Bristol County has 13,221 employer establishments, 226 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Massachusetts's), with 201,320 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,037. The Census Bureau also counts 44,408 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 13,221; 44,408 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 226; US 248 · Massachusetts 260
Paid employees: 201,320
Average annual pay: $59,037; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Bristol County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	1,227	20.9	1.35×More than typical	9,156	$81,658	3,447
Restaurants and other eating places	1,109	18.9	1.03×About typical	19,765	$24,418	183
Ambulatory health care services	852	14.5	0.70×Fewer than typical	13,249	$77,276	1,909
Services to buildings and dwellings	529	9	1.34×More than typical	2,258	$61,501	2,041
Building equipment contractors	519	8.9	1.47×More than typical	4,036	$79,727	829
Construction of buildings	475	8.1	1.07×About typical	1,880	$78,413	1,428
Full-service restaurants	450	7.7	1.00×About typical	9,314	$27,856	68
Lessors of real estate	444	7.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	1,350	$52,222	4,312
Limited-service restaurants	428	7.3	0.91×About typical	7,123	$21,987	85
Automotive repair and maintenance	352	6	1.19×About typical	1,678	$53,066	483
Landscaping services	343	5.9	1.67×More than typical	1,065	$86,787	561
Personal care services	335	5.7	1.20×About typical	1,593	$27,877	2,205

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 586,182 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $103.7M on contracts performed in Bristol County, Massachusetts: $175 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $103.7M; +55% vs FY2025
Per resident: $175; US $1,994
Sole-source: 41%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.6%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$51.8M50%
Department of the Army$16.9M16%
Department of the Air Force$16.4M16%
Environmental Protection Agency$5.7M5.5%
United States Mint$5.2M5.1%
Agricultural Marketing Service$4.9M4.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2.1M2.0%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$1.3M1.3%

Top recipients

GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$33.5M32%
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$25M24%
INNOVATIVE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$14M13%
LEACHGARNER, INC.$5.2M5.1%
CHARTER CONTRACTING COMPANY, LLC$4.9M4.8%

Spending by fiscal year

649.7MFY2017
857.5MFY2018
988.1MFY2019
936MFY2020
746MFY2021
521.5MFY2022
480.2MFY2023
90.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$33.7M33%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$24.6M24%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$16.3M16%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$10.6M10%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$8.4M8.1%
Seafood product preparation and packaging · 3117

Largest awards

HAMMERHEAD PROTOTYPE$518.2M
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.· Bristol County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 30, 2021 – May 29, 2026· N0002421C6425
THIS ORDER IS FOR LOT 9 CONFIGURATION ITEMS (CIS) NOT SUBJECTED TO PROGRESS PAYMENT.$62.2M
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.· Bristol County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 31, 2018 – Apr 23, 2026· W15P7T18F0033
REMEDIAL ACTION CONTRACT, NEW BEDFORD HARBOR, MA.$52.3M
JACOBS PROJECT MANAGEMENT CO.· Bristol County, MA· Construction & real property· Jun 2, 2017 – May 4, 2026· 0002
THIS TASK ORDER IS FOR SYSTEM ENGINEERING/PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (SE/PM) YEAR 9 SERVICES.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Bristol County, Massachusetts: $5,877 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.5B; −6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,877; US $12,955
Loan face value: $94.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.2B63%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$402.1M12%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$214.4M6.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$188.4M5.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$133.1M3.8%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$83.2M2.4%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$52M1.5%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$34.7M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$78.3M2.2%
BOSTON, MA
FALL RIVER HOUSING AUTHORITY$38.8M1.1%
FALL RIVER, MA
NEW BEDFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY$34M1.0%
NEW BEDFORD, MA
TAUNTON HOUSING AUTHORITY$24.5M0.7%
TAUNTON, MA
BRISTOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE$23.3M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.9B84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$250.5M7.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$110M3.2%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$78.3M2.2%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

3.2BFY2021
3BFY2022
3.2BFY2023
3.4BFY2024
3.7BFY2025
3.5BFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Bristol County, Massachusetts compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Bristol County, Massachusetts
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bristol County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2017	$1,157	$1,436
FY2018	$1,518	$1,552
FY2019	$1,749	$1,654
FY2020	$1,623	$1,880
FY2021	$1,287	$1,810
FY2022	$897	$1,917
FY2023	$819	$2,079
FY2024	$154	$2,047
FY2025	$112	$2,165
FY2026	$175 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bristol County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2017	$104	$93.28
FY2018	$90.64	$105
FY2019	$129	$128
FY2020	$63.78	$145
FY2021	$36.44	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bristol County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$1,830	$5,748
FY2022	$1,280	$5,221
FY2023	$1,188	$5,364
FY2024	$659	$5,501
FY2025	$618	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bristol County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$161	$298
FY2022	$194	$357
FY2023	$155	$301
FY2024	$293	$319
FY2025	$331	$360
FY2026	$135

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bristol County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$234	$239
FY2022	$223	$185
FY2023	$245	$229
FY2024	$270	$229
FY2025	$260	$249
FY2026	$233

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bristol County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$110	$2,304
FY2022	$52.88	$2,197
FY2023	$53.99	$2,274
FY2024	$64.78	$2,267
FY2025	$53.69	$2,397
FY2026	$40.85

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bristol County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$955	$1,186
FY2022	$314	$465
FY2023	$38.32	$76.52
FY2024	$96.34	$120
FY2025	$80.38	$148
FY2026	$35.41

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Bristol County, Massachusetts
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	2.4%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/25005

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bristol County, Massachusetts is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Elizabeth Warren

Metro area

The metro or micro area Bristol County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA80Central county

Cities and towns in Bristol County

Places whose residents live mostly in Bristol County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
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Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−3.9%	−4.2%
2015	+0.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+3.3%
2018	+5.3%	+6.8%
2019	+10.1%	+10.5%
2020	+19.5%	+19.4%
2021	+24.2%	+26.1%
2022	+27.5%	+30.6%
2023	+30.3%	+35.0%
2024	+35.4%	+41.0%
2025	+39.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−6.9%	−5.5%
2015	−2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.1%	+4.1%
2018	+7.9%	+8.9%
2019	+13.9%	+13.5%
2020	+26.4%	+20.8%
2021	+33.7%	+32.1%
2022	+33.5%	+35.4%
2023	+38.1%	+42.9%
2024	+43.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	1.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−11.4%	−6.9%
2015	−8.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+4.7%
2018	+1.3%	+7.5%
2019	+7.2%	+14.0%
2020	+10.5%	+16.9%
2021	+11.8%	+21.0%
2022	+23.9%	+29.7%
2023	+24.4%	+34.9%
2024	+25.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−10.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+28.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+42.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+54.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+65.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+76.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+80.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	7.4%	6.2%
2015	6.1%	5.3%
2016	5.1%	4.9%
2017	4.9%	4.4%
2018	4.4%	3.9%
2019	3.9%	3.7%
2020	10.8%	8.1%
2021	6.1%	5.4%
2022	4.5%	3.7%
2023	4.2%	3.6%
2024	4.6%	4.0%
2025	5.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	12.4%	15.5%
2015	12.6%	14.7%
2016	10.7%	14.0%
2017	11.1%	13.4%
2018	10.8%	13.1%
2019	11.3%	12.3%
2020	10.1%	11.9%
2021	11.9%	12.8%
2022	11.4%	12.6%
2023	12.7%	12.5%
2024	10.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2015	−5.9% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.5% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.6% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.1% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+25.9% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+40.8% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+55.0% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+66.9% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+78.7% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+86.0% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	4.3%	13.5%
2015	3.7%	10.9%
2016	3.3%	10.0%
2017	3.7%	10.2%
2018	3.7%	10.4%
2019	3.9%	10.8%
2020	3.8%	10.4%
2021	3.5%	10.2%
2022	3.4%	9.5%
2023	3.9%	9.5%
2024	4.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Bristol County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	4.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	8.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.3/1k	16.6/1k

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