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Truro town, Barnstable County, MA

1,708 Population
21 square miles 81.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.1 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 55.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$86,161 ±$25,289 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Barnstable County: $62,086 ±$1,573
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$118,984 ±$71,997 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $95,241 ±$2,510
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

4.4% ±4.7% (75  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 7.7% 17,567 (±0.7% / ±1,500)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

29.6 minutes ±23.2 (15,305  ±6,791) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 24.8 2,287,865 (±1 / ±103,930)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

1,009 ±235 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 105,777 ±1,344
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
1.7 ±0.5 (1,703  ±322) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 228,709 (±0 / ±31)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,310 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 166,215 ±74
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$888,200 ±$116,715 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Barnstable County: $629,000 ±$7,027
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

2.1% ±2.3% (36  ±40.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.2% 21,242 (±0.7% / ±1,670.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

98.8% ±8.9% (1,436  ±332.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 96.2% 176,819 (±1.8% / ±3,295)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
57.9% ±11.8% (842  ±247.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 48.2% 88,626 (±1.2% / ±2,204)
  • about 25 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

1% ±0.1% (17  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.9% 22,931
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

12.5% ±4.3% (191  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 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)
191 Total veterans ±77 191 Male ±77 N/A Female ±14

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