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Barnstable County, MA

212,990 Population
394.2 square miles 540.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$50,384 ±$2,320 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$85,042 ±$4,879 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

5.2% ±1.2% (10,948  ±2,429) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

26.7 minutes ±1.3 (2,641,940  ±152,940) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

96,509 ±3,685 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.2 ±0.1 (210,425  ±637) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

3.6% ±2.3% (1,268  ±811) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

164,686 ±298 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$409,700 ±$11,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

8.8% ±1.8% (18,571  ±3,869.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

96.5% ±3.3% (161,726  ±5,657.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
47.1% ±2.3% (78,986  ±3,851.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

8.3% ±1.3% (17,697  ±2,732) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

8.8% ±0.9% (15,848  ±1,571) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
15,848 Total veterans ±1,571 14,377 Male ±1,426 1,471 Female ±601

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