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Nantucket, MA

10,837 Population
5.8 square miles 1,861 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 40.8 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$69,095 ±$6,800 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: $72,733 ±$6,138
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$109,988 ±$19,996 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: $119,750 † ±$25,378
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

2.6% ±1.1% (283  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 3% † 428 (±1.3% / ±179)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

15.3 minutes ±2.1 (83,195  ±13,412) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 15.2 † 107,225 (±1.6 / ±12,741)
  • about half the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

3,725 ±332 Number of households
  • the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 5,048 ±332
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.9 ±0.3 (10,634  ±682) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 2.8 14,035 (±0.2 / ±16)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

2.6% ±2% (82  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 2.7% † 99 (±1.9% / ±70)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

7,081 ±261 Number of housing units
  • the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 12,449 ±31
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$1,359,200 ±$35,581 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: $1,387,000 ±$33,938
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

5.6% ±2% (599  ±214.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 7.2% † 1,018 (±2% / ±287.9)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

94.9% ±6.9% (7,423  ±666.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 96% 10,031 (±7.5% / ±816.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
57% ±5.2% (4,460  ±467.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 58.4% 6,101 (±5.8% / ±618.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

14.9% ±4.3% (1,619  ±480) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 15.1% 2,158
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

3.7% ±1.1% (317  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 4.5% † 515 (±1% / ±116)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
317 Total veterans ±96 317 Male ±96 N/A Female ±21

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