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Chatham town, Barnstable County, MA

6,607 Population
16.2 square miles 408.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.2 ±3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 54.5 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$76,541 ±$9,868 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Barnstable County: $55,940 ±$1,252
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$83,835 ±$14,998 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $90,447 ±$2,270
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

8% ±3.9% (514  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 7% 15,911 (±0.7% / ±1,482)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

25 minutes ±5.5 (47,640  ±13,933) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as 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

3,289 ±181 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 99,969 ±1,360
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2 ±0.1 (6,438  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 2.3 226,604 (±0 / ±41)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

1.4% ±2.3% (11  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Barnstable County: 4% † 1,522 (±0.9% / ±331)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

7,529 ±274 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 165,068 ±75
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$791,700 ±$61,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Barnstable County: $519,100 ±$10,402
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

14% ±4.7% (926  ±,310.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Barnstable County: 9.5% 21,664 (±0.8% / ±1,790.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

98.3% ±6.8% (5,401  ±,464.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 95.9% 172,874 (±1.7% / ±3,016.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
63.1% ±5.9% (3,468  ±,369.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnstable County: 46.1% 83,021 (±1.1% / ±1,965.9)
  • about 1.4 times 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

5.4% ±2.4% (359  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.4% 21,552
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

10.2% ±3% (608  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Barnstable County: 8% 15,633 (±0.4% / ±790)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
608 Total veterans ±179 597 Male ±178 11 Female ±17

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