Dighton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,101 at the 2020 census. The town is located on the western shore of the Taunton River in the southeastern part of the state.

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How Dighton ranks

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#19Fastest growing in MA #85Best schools in MA #88Cheapest rent in MA All MA rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code02715

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Living in Dighton

Housing in Dighton

$583K▲ 3.3% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Dighton home is worth about $583,000, up 3.3% in a year, 12% below the Massachusetts typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market20

Sale-to-list101.4%

Sold in May7

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Safety in Dighton

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Safety Grade A-

Dighton reports less crime per resident than 75% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Dighton sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000

Dighton 1.2

Massachusetts 3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Dighton 3.5

Massachusetts 10.4

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Dighton

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School Grade C+

The public schools Dighton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

#85Best public schoolsof 282 in MA

DistrictDighton-RehobothSchools4

Dighton Elementary B-Elementary · Grades PK–4 · 468 students Dighton Middle School CMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 355 students Bristol County Agricultural High A-High · Grades 9–12 · 631 students Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School A+High · Grades 9–12 · 621 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MA. Ratings are from neighbors.

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