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Bourne town, Barnstable County, MA

20,323 Population
40.7 square miles 499.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Barnstable County: 55.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$55,039 ±$5,086 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $62,086 ±$1,573
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$91,058 ±$6,712 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Barnstable County: $95,241 ±$2,510
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

6.2% ±1.6% (1,234  ±310) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 7.7% 17,567 (±0.7% / ±1,500)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

26 minutes ±2.7 (229,600  ±30,071) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 24.8 2,287,865 (±1 / ±103,930)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

8,902 ±383 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 105,777 ±1,344
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.2 ±0.1 (19,791  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 228,709 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

1.4% ±1.8% (50  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Barnstable County: 4.3% † 1,613 (±1.1% / ±421)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

11,747 ±509 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 166,215 ±74
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$575,600 ±$27,939 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $629,000 ±$7,027
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

10% ±2.4% (2,024  ±479.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 9.2% 21,242 (±0.7% / ±1,670.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

96.4% ±5.5% (14,942  ±965.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 96.2% 176,819 (±1.8% / ±3,295)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
46% ±4.2% (7,131  ±676.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 48.2% 88,626 (±1.2% / ±2,204)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

5.8% ±2.1% (1,172  ±417) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.9% 22,931
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

8% ±1.7% (1,358  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 7.1% 14,125 (±0.4% / ±794)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
1,358 Total veterans ±284 1,279 Male ±278 79 Female ±58

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