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West Chatham, MA

1,258 Population
2.9 square miles 430.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.7 ±13.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 55.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$62,802 ±$14,587 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $62,086 ±$1,573
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

22% ±16.8% (277  ±228) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.7% 17,567 (±0.7% / ±1,500)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.9 minutes ±6.3 (9,090  ±5,849) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 24.8 2,287,865 (±1 / ±103,930)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

574 ±184 Number of households
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 105,777 ±1,344
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±1 (1,258  ±396) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 2.2 228,709 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,962 ±288 Number of housing units
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 166,215 ±74
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$739,600 ±$135,313 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $629,000 ±$7,027
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±8.8% (117  ±116.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.2% 21,242 (±0.7% / ±1,670.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.9% ±39% (935  ±230.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 96.2% 176,819 (±1.8% / ±3,295)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
73.8% ±31.4% (697  ±204.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 48.2% 88,626 (±1.2% / ±2,204)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • more than double 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

8.6% ±6.4% (108  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.9% 22,931
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.7% ±7.2% (147  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.1% 14,125 (±0.4% / ±794)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
147 Total veterans ±89 136 Male ±88 11 Female ±18

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