Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Stoughton
Stoughton is a Norfolk County town of just over 29,000 people with a strikingly international makeup: one in four residents was born outside the United States, and nearly one in three speaks a language other than English at home. Most households own their homes, and about one in five residents is under 18, which is to say that a real share of this town is exactly your age. Figures below are 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): 29,281
- Households: 10,861
- Persons per household: 2.6
- Foreign-born: 25.2% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 19.4%
- Under 18: 20.0%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 60.3%
- Asian: 5.8%
- Black or African American: 18.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 4.5%
- Two or more races: 8.6%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 30.7%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $104,164
- Poverty rate: 9.2%
- Median home value: $496,700
- Median gross rent: $1,993
- Homeownership: 77.3% of units
- In the labor force: 68.2%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Stoughton’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 23,250
- Unenrolled (no party): 14,532 (62.50%)
- Democrats: 6,822 (29.34%)
- Republicans: 1,600 (6.88%)
Sources
See how Stoughton fits into the broader Commonwealth.