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Eastham town, Barnstable County, MA

5,811 Population
14 square miles 416 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 55.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$54,373 ±$7,562 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
$72,992 ±$7,790 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Barnstable County: $95,241 ±$2,510
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

10.7% ±4.4% (623  ±255) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnstable County: 7.7% 17,567 (±0.7% / ±1,500)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

18.5 minutes ±2.5 (33,930  ±7,949) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Barnstable County: 24.8 2,287,865 (±1 / ±103,930)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

3,041 ±200 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 105,777 ±1,344
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
1.9 ±0.1 (5,804  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 228,709 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

0.9% ±2.1% (7  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Barnstable County: 4.3% † 1,613 (±1.1% / ±421)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

6,546 ±294 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 166,215 ±74
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$732,200 ±$62,613 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $629,000 ±$7,027
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

7.8% ±3.7% (450  ±212.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.2% 21,242 (±0.7% / ±1,670.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

94.7% ±8.6% (4,529  ±461.6) 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)
54.4% ±6.4% (2,603  ±329.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 48.2% 88,626 (±1.2% / ±2,204)
  • about 20 percent higher 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

10.6% ±3.8% (616  ±218) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 9.9% 22,931
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

9.2% ±3.5% (466  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Barnstable County: 7.1% 14,125 (±0.4% / ±794)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
466 Total veterans ±180 434 Male ±174 32 Female ±31

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