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South Yarmouth, MA

11,642 Population
7 square miles 1,673.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55 ±5.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 55.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$50,085 ±$5,231 Per capita income
  • about 80 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
$79,638 ±$9,152 Median household income
  • about 80 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

9.3% ±5% (1,057  ±574) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.4% 16,909 (±0.6% / ±1,304)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

24.7 minutes ±7.4 (130,035  ±42,488) 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

5,256 ±416 Number of households
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 102,981 ±1,224
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.2 (11,418  ±850) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 2.2 227,219 (±0 / ±30)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

2.6% ±3.2% (50  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 4.4% † 1,637 (±1.2% / ±435)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

8,248 ±384 Number of housing units
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 165,661 ±157
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$465,100 ±$23,948 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

10.7% ±3.2% (1,233  ±378.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.6% 21,968 (±0.8% / ±1,746.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

94.1% ±5.1% (8,830  ±787.4) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
33.1% ±3.6% (3,106  ±403.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 47.4% 86,284 (±1.2% / ±2,193.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

17.8% ±5.1% (2,067  ±612) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.6% 22,091
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

7.3% ±1.7% (746  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than 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)
746 Total veterans ±177 702 Male ±163 44 Female ±52

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