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Nantucket County, MA

14,299 Population
46.2 square miles 309.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$72,733 ±$6,138 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$119,750 ±$25,378 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

3% ±1.3% (428  ±179) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.2 minutes ±1.6 (107,225  ±12,741) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

5,048 ±332 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.8 ±0.2 (14,035  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

2.7% ±1.9% (99  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

12,449 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$1,387,000 ±$33,938 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244
  • more than double the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.2% ±2% (1,018  ±287.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

96% ±7.5% (10,031  ±816.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
58.4% ±5.8% (6,101  ±618.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

15.1% (2,158  ±496) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.5% ±1% (515  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
515 Total veterans ±116 515 Male ±116 N/A Female ±21

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