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Oak Bluffs town, Dukes County, MA

5,407 Population
7.3 square miles 741.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dukes County: 50.7 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$71,577 ±$19,790 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dukes County: $79,756 † ±$15,344
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$145,196 ±$37,475 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dukes County: $125,786 † ±$14,169
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

2.2% ±1.5% (115  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Dukes County: 4.4% † 915 (±1.8% / ±381)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

13.4 minutes ±3.4 (33,545  ±10,962) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dukes County: 16.4 † 141,770 (±2.2 / ±24,124)
  • about half the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

1,944 ±333 Number of households
  • Dukes County: 7,584 ±620
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.7 ±0.5 (5,308  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dukes County: 2.7 20,673 (±0.2 / ±35)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

9.4% ±7.5% (125  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dukes County: 8.1% † 326 (±4.8% / ±193)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

4,664 ±423 Number of housing units
  • Dukes County: 17,822 ±21
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$923,100 ±$132,448 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dukes County: $1,165,800 ±$68,458
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

6% ±4.3% (320  ±225.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Dukes County: 11.1% † 2,306 (±3.1% / ±635.3)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.9% ±17.3% (3,876  ±778.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dukes County: 95.3% 15,763 (±8.7% / ±1,475.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
47.8% ±12.5% (1,894  ±526.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dukes County: 51.9% † 8,585 (±6.7% / ±1,122.4)
  • about the same as 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% ±10.6% (539  ±574) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dukes County: 13.9% 2,899
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

7% ±4.8% (286  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dukes County: 6.2% † 1,072 (±1.5% / ±264)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
286 Total veterans ±197 286 Male ±197 N/A Female ±19

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