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West Chatham, MA

1,337 Population
2.9 square miles 457.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.5 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 55.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$67,646 ±$15,044 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $60,325 ±$1,273
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$135,199 ±$88,280 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $94,452 ±$2,087
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

18.2% ±13.9% (243  ±195) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.4% 16,909 (±0.6% / ±1,304)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

21 minutes ±8.7 (9,460  ±5,902) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 25.4 2,413,335 (±0.9 / ±101,310)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

599 ±162 Number of households
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 102,981 ±1,224
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.8 (1,337  ±329) 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

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

Housing

2,044 ±248 Number of housing units
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 165,661 ±157
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$743,100 ±$102,513 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $575,900 ±$9,649
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

11.7% ±10.4% (156  ±144.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.6% 21,968 (±0.8% / ±1,746.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

99.2% ±32.8% (1,028  ±221.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
74.2% ±5.6% (769  ±201.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 47.4% 86,284 (±1.2% / ±2,193.3)
  • about 1.5 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

9.2% ±7.1% (123  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.6% 22,091
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

13.9% ±6.5% (162  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double 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)
162 Total veterans ±85 162 Male ±85 N/A Female ±14

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