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North Attleborough Town, MA vs Old Fig Garden, CA

North Attleborough Town

Massachusetts

vs

Old Fig Garden

California

Across 36 directional measures we can compare, North Attleborough Town leads on 28 and Old Fig Garden on 8. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 6% higher in North Attleborough Town, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,509$1,428
North Attleborough Town is 6% higher
Median household income
$112,665$105,781
North Attleborough Town is 7% higher
Median home value
$482,200$512,700
North Attleborough Town is 6% lower

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $93,300 a year left in North Attleborough Town and $85,700 in Old Fig Garden. Money goes further in North Attleborough Town, by about $7,600 a year.
  • A household earning North Attleborough Town's median of $112,665 would need about $113,500 in Old Fig Garden to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2020 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 3.3 points a year in North Attleborough Town, and rent outran pay by 1.1 points a year in Old Fig Garden.

How these are calculated

MassachusettsCaliforniaOld Fig Garden, CANorth Attleborough Town, MANorth Attleborough TownOld Fig GardenNorth Attleborough TownOld Fig Garden

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Top 2 of 2 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01North Attleborough Town, MAComposite 51.6 / 100
55
615775n/a133962
02Old Fig Garden, CAComposite 46.4 / 100
41
555467n/a593n/a

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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureNorth Attleborough TownOld Fig GardenAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,509$1,428
Rent to income116.1%16.2%
Property tax rate11.1%0.7%
Home price to income14.3x4.8x
Prices vs US average2101.8102.2
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,879$1,685
HUD area median income4n/a$91,300
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$5,461$3,438
Median home value1$482,200$512,700
Home prices, 1-year change54.1%2.3%
Home prices, 5-year change553.3%49.3%
Homeownership172.1%74.0%
Renters paying 30%+142.6%50.6%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,544$2,287
Vacant homes11.6%5.8%
Median year built119741956
Jobs and income
Median household income1$112,665$105,781
Income per person1$57,714$54,474
Unemployment15.7%5.7%
Average annual pay6$66,851$60,417
Pay growth, 1 year63.4%4.3%
Jobs6225,223428,665
Poverty rate14.7%7.9%
Mean commute132 min24 min
Works from home116.1%19.5%
Commutes by transit12.8%0.8%
People
Population130,9845,503
Population change since 202072.2%n/a
Median age142.442.2
Bachelor's or higher146.4%41.4%
High school or higher195.5%89.1%
Household size12.42.6
Born abroad19.6%11.0%
No health insurance12.1%6.7%
Homes with broadband193.3%94.7%
Moving
Moved here in the past year16.3%3.3%
Moved from another state12.6%0.5%
Net movers per 1,000 people81.4-5.1
Income of households moving in8$71,142$58,247
Income of households moving out8$78,961$62,212
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k921.717.0
Shops per 10k933.823.7
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k93.62.1
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k914.619.8
Child care centers per 10k93.21.4
Parks per 10k109.73.6
Playgrounds per 10k105.20.0
Grocery stores per 10k101.00.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k103.20.0
Libraries per 10k100.30.0
Named paths and bike trails1010.40.0
Transit stops per sq mi100.10.0
Nearest National Park Service site116.859.5
National Park Service sites within 60 miles11151
National Register listings1239045
Schools
Public schools13141362
Public school students1380,897205,920
Students per teacher1312.721.0
Climate
July average high1483°F89°F
January average low1421°F32°F
Average temperature1451°F56°F
Annual precipitation1449.6 in19.4 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1589.899.3
Hurricane risk1591.4n/a
Tornado risk1552.157.1
Wildfire risk1538.298.4
Heat wave risk1587.397.9
Median air quality index163861
Good air days1683.8%28.8%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: North Attleborough Town $60,360, Old Fig Garden $57,120 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  14. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  15. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  16. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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