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Chatham, MA

1,614 Population
2.6 square miles 612 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

67.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 55.1 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$91,777 ±$24,232 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $60,325 ±$1,273
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$82,269 ±$16,434 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $94,452 ±$2,087
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

10.1% ±7.3% (161  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.4% 16,909 (±0.6% / ±1,304)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

24.5 minutes ±10.8 (9,555  ±5,562) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 25.4 2,413,335 (±0.9 / ±101,310)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

903 ±152 Number of households
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 102,981 ±1,224
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
1.8 ±0.1 (1,602  ±287) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 2.2 227,219 (±0 / ±30)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

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

Housing

2,076 ±273 Number of housing units
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 165,661 ±157
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$1,550,000 ±$402,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $575,900 ±$9,649
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

17% ±10.9% (274  ±182.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.6% 21,968 (±0.8% / ±1,746.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

98.8% ±25.1% (1,448  ±250.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 96.4% 175,428 (±1.8% / ±3,232.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
60.4% ±5.3% (885  ±181.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 47.4% 86,284 (±1.2% / ±2,193.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.2% ±4.2% (67  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.6% 22,091
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

12.4% ±5.9% (188  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.6% 14,891 (±0.3% / ±616)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
188 Total veterans ±95 188 Male ±95 N/A Female ±14

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