Today, Dighton is mostly a bedroom community with a population of around 6,600. Few businesses Businesses are minimal. The electric company on Route 138 is a new neighbor, joining a smattering of country stores. The nearest mall is the Silver City Galleria in Taunton or the Swansea Mall, both about 10 minutes away. Most of the housing is scattered along side streets that jut off a five-mile stretch of Williams Street, which runs parallel to Route 138.
Styles are eclectic.
The road curves past the Lopes Complex and Dighton Baseball and Softball field, then a forest of tall trees. Tucked between the greenery are mobile homes, ranches and huge colonials. At the corner of Williams Street, a pretty red farmhouse with scalloped shingles brightens the landscape, situated directly across from a shingled gambrel. Cedar Hill Estates, off Cedar Street, is one of the town's newest developments, started about a year ago by Carvalho Builders of Westport. Most are colonials, some with farmer's porches and exterior shutters.