Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Easton
Easton holds about 25,000 people across roughly 29 square miles of Bristol County, which works out to some 871 residents per square mile: suburban, not urban, and still carrying the open space the Ames estates left behind. Its age profile sits close to the middle of the Commonwealth, with 19.7 percent of residents 65 or over and 19.2 percent under 18. Roughly four in five homes are owner-occupied, households average 2.5 people, and the median household income is well above the state figure. Numbers below come from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 25,058
- Households: 9,324
- Persons per household: 2.5
- Foreign-born: 8.4% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 19.7%
- Under 18: 19.2%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 79.4%
- Asian: 3.7%
- Black or African American: 6.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 5.9%
- Two or more races: 7.4%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 10.5%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $121,458
- Poverty rate: 6.6%
- Median home value: $560,200
- Median gross rent: $1,883
- Homeownership: 78.3% of units
- In the labor force: 66.7%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, Easton’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 17,947
- Unenrolled (no party): 11,844 (65.99%)
- Democrats: 3,820 (21.28%)
- Republicans: 2,078 (11.58%)
Those numbers matter most in Easton’s own elections. At the special town election of June 10, 2025, 6,009 Easton voters cast a ballot on a $7.3 million override question and decided it 3,754 to 2,252. About one registered voter in three settled a seven figure question on behalf of everyone, which tells you what a single ballot is worth in a town election.
Sources
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