Taunton, Massachusetts

Taunton population, 2020 to 2024

Taunton added 2,528 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +857. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Taunton is 1.4 times that size.

Taunton covers 46.71 square miles of land and 1.71 of water, for 1,326 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Taunton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Taunton is in

All of Taunton's residents live in Bristol County, which had 588,593 residents in 2024. Taunton holds 10.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Taunton

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Taunton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02718, 02767, 02780. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Taunton is

The Census internal point of Taunton is at 41.903300, -71.095000. Boston, the capital, is 31.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fall River, MA (94,689 people), 12.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Brockton, MA, 12.9 miles away.

Daylight in Taunton

At 41.90° N, Taunton gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Taunton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Bridgewater Town, 7.6 miles away, with 29,167 people.