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Barnstable Town city, Barnstable County, MA

48,922 Population
59.9 square miles 816.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 54.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$51,061 ±$2,536 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $55,940 ±$1,252
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$94,387 ±$6,367 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $90,447 ±$2,270
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

6.9% ±1.2% (3,340  ±596) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 7% 15,911 (±0.7% / ±1,482)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

24.1 minutes ±2 (568,135  ±54,262) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Barnstable County: 25.1 2,424,920 (±0.9 / ±98,899)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

19,574 ±636 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 99,969 ±1,360
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.5 ±0.1 (48,363  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 2.3 226,604 (±0 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

4.9% ±2% (497  ±207) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 4% † 1,522 (±0.9% / ±331)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

27,040 ±502 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 165,068 ±75
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$498,700 ±$18,987 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Barnstable County: $519,100 ±$10,402
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

8.4% ±1.6% (4,087  ±791) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.5% 21,664 (±0.8% / ±1,790.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

92.8% ±3.5% (33,992  ±1,481.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 95.9% 172,874 (±1.7% / ±3,016.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
39.5% ±2.4% (14,467  ±,935.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 46.1% 83,021 (±1.1% / ±1,965.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.2% ±2.1% (8,912  ±1,038) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Barnstable County: 9.4% 21,552
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

7.5% ±1.2% (3,036  ±468) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 8% 15,633 (±0.4% / ±790)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
3,036 Total veterans ±468 2,880 Male ±467 156 Female ±78

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