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Bourne town, Barnstable County, MA

20,093 Population
40.7 square miles 494.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Barnstable County: 55.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$59,081 ±$5,449 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Barnstable County: $60,325 ±$1,273
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$95,349 ±$6,123 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Barnstable County: $94,452 ±$2,087
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

5.8% ±1.4% (1,137  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 7.4% 16,909 (±0.6% / ±1,304)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

27.8 minutes ±2.2 (252,120  ±29,325) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 25.4 2,413,335 (±0.9 / ±101,310)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

8,918 ±309 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 102,981 ±1,224
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.1 (19,624  ±52) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 227,219 (±0 / ±30)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

1.6% ±1.8% (57  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Barnstable County: 4.4% † 1,637 (±1.2% / ±435)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

11,578 ±457 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 165,661 ±157
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$543,100 ±$32,913 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Barnstable County: $575,900 ±$9,649
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

10.5% ±2.7% (2,101  ±547.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 9.6% 21,968 (±0.8% / ±1,746.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

96.8% ±5.7% (14,887  ±963.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 96.4% 175,428 (±1.8% / ±3,232.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
46.3% ±4.2% (7,122  ±668.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 47.4% 86,284 (±1.2% / ±2,193.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

5.2% ±1.5% (1,041  ±304) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Barnstable County: 9.6% 22,091
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

9.3% ±1.6% (1,562  ±276) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 7.6% 14,891 (±0.3% / ±616)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
1,562 Total veterans ±276 1,480 Male ±266 82 Female ±63

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