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Nantucket, MA

10,017 Population
5.8 square miles 1,720.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±3.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 42.4 ±1.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$79,413 ±$10,418 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: $77,014 † ±$8,100
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$148,017 ±$19,008 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: $139,688 † ±$16,786
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.2% ±1.9% (316  ±190) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 3.2% † 451 (±1.5% / ±220)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.3 minutes ±3.3 (79,090  ±19,022) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 16 † 112,520 (±2.3 / ±18,259)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,500 ±401 Number of households
  • the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 5,252 ±364
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (9,818  ±741) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 2.7 14,224 (±0.2 / ±17)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±3.7% (94  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 4.4% † 144 (±3.1% / ±102)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,805 ±325 Number of housing units
  • the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 12,594 ±20
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$1,465,300 ±$264,731 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: $1,593,800 ±$149,009
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.1% ±1.9% (502  ±190.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 6% † 860 (±1.9% / ±278.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±7.9% (6,871  ±715.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 93.2% 9,809 (±8.5% / ±924.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
52.8% ±6.6% (3,948  ±549.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 56.3% † 5,930 (±7.1% / ±766.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

14.1% ±6.3% (1,407  ±640) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 15.8% 2,290
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±1.6% (352  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Nantucket, MA Micro Area: 6.1% † 703 (±2% / ±235)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
352 Total veterans ±131 352 Male ±131 N/A Female ±21

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