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Wellfleet town, Barnstable County, MA

4,352 Population
19.8 square miles 220 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.1 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 54.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$60,001 ±$11,058 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $55,940 ±$1,252
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$97,396 ±$22,527 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $90,447 ±$2,270
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

5% ±2.9% (217  ±127) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Barnstable County: 7% 15,911 (±0.7% / ±1,482)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

35.7 minutes ±13.6 (54,745  ±23,940) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Barnstable County: 25.1 2,424,920 (±0.9 / ±98,899)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

1,975 ±231 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 99,969 ±1,360
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.2 ±0.3 (4,334  ±334) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Barnstable County: 2.3 226,604 (±0 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

5.8% ±6.8% (33  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Barnstable County: 4% † 1,522 (±0.9% / ±331)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

4,862 ±270 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 165,068 ±75
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$683,300 ±$46,957 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Barnstable County: $519,100 ±$10,402
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

5.1% ±2.9% (218  ±,124.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Barnstable County: 9.5% 21,664 (±0.8% / ±1,790.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

99% ±10.5% (3,536  ±,497.1) 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)
59.5% ±8.2% (2,126  ±,351.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Barnstable County: 46.1% 83,021 (±1.1% / ±1,965.9)
  • about 1.3 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

4.7% ±3.1% (205  ±134) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Barnstable County: 9.4% 21,552
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

4.6% ±2.1% (171  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 8% 15,633 (±0.4% / ±790)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
171 Total veterans ±78 162 Male ±76 9 Female ±13

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