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Barnstable County, MA

213,505 Population
394.2 square miles 541.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,315 ±$1,127 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$76,863 ±$1,835 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

6.7% ±0.6% (14,176  ±1,282) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

25.2 minutes ±0.8 (2,371,175  ±82,639) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

95,859 ±1,505 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.2 ±0 (210,801  ±277) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.4% ±1.2% (1,586  ±438) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

164,064 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$414,000 ±$6,024 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

9.7% ±0.8% (20,447  ±1,656.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

95.8% ±1.6% (159,551  ±2,734.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
45% ±1.1% (74,952  ±1,815.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

8.4% ±0.7% (17,985  ±1,416) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

8.8% ±0.4% (15,942  ±746) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
15,942 Total veterans ±746 15,057 Male ±730 885 Female ±202

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