Attleboro is a medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 46,601 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Attleboro is the 29th largest community in Massachusetts.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Attleboro is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Attleboro is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Attleboro who work in office and administrative support (11.71%), management occupations (11.70%), and sales jobs (10.28%). Also of interest is that Attleboro has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.82% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Attleboro, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.32 minutes every day commuting to work. In terms of college education, Attleboro is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.28% of adults in Attleboro have a college degree. The per capita income in Attleboro in 2022 was $43,124, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,496 for a family of four. However, Attleboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Attleboro is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Attleboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Attleboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Attleboro include Irish, English, Italian, French, and Portuguese. The most common language spoken in Attleboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
