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Forestdale, MA

3,716 Population
3.8 square miles 974.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 55.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$52,180 ±$10,029 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $60,325 ±$1,273
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$105,368 ±$29,865 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $94,452 ±$2,087
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

3.9% ±4.3% (143  ±156) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.4% 16,909 (±0.6% / ±1,304)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

29.7 minutes ±3.4 (53,415  ±12,878) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 25.4 2,413,335 (±0.9 / ±101,310)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

1,441 ±252 Number of households
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 102,981 ±1,224
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.6 ±0.6 (3,716  ±622) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 2.2 227,219 (±0 / ±30)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

9.9% ±10.9% (80  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,637 (±1.2% / ±435)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

1,580 ±264 Number of housing units
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 165,661 ±157
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$462,500 ±$27,630 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $575,900 ±$9,649
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

2% ±1.8% (73  ±68.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.6% 21,968 (±0.8% / ±1,746.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

97.5% ±5.6% (2,506  ±430.8) 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)
38.7% ±8.1% (994  ±263.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 47.4% 86,284 (±1.2% / ±2,193.3)
  • about 80 percent of 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

1.6% ±1.6% (59  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.6% 22,091
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

7.5% ±3.5% (208  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.6% 14,891 (±0.3% / ±616)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
208 Total veterans ±103 167 Male ±99 41 Female ±38

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