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Barnstable Town city, Barnstable County, MA

48,556 Population
59.9 square miles 810.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 53.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,996 ±$2,416 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Barnstable County: $49,973 ±$1,001
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$82,816 ±$7,455 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Barnstable County: $82,619 ±$2,539
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

7.9% ±1.6% (3,807  ±752) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 7.2% 16,289 (±0.6% / ±1,257)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

23.9 minutes ±1.9 (548,695  ±50,512) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Barnstable County: 25 2,444,090 (±0.9 / ±102,373)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

19,748 ±619 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 98,163 ±1,365
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.4 ±0.1 (48,063  ±97) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 2.3 225,324 (±0 / ±232)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

5.1% ±2.2% (504  ±223) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 4.3% † 1,640 (±0.9% / ±354)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

27,084 ±543 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 164,523 ±248
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$430,100 ±$13,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Barnstable County: $445,500 ±$5,934
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

8.1% ±1.5% (3,910  ±720.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.4% 21,319 (±0.7% / ±1,507)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

93.8% ±3.4% (34,224  ±1,422.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 95.7% 170,434 (±1.7% / ±2,998.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
39.6% ±2.1% (14,439  ±829.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 44.9% 79,930 (±1.1% / ±1,934)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

17.3% ±2% (8,374  ±983) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Barnstable County: 9.1% 20,835 (±0.5% / ±1,240)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

7.7% ±1% (3,054  ±382) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 8.1% 15,615 (±0.4% / ±783)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
3,054 Total veterans ±382 2,845 Male ±393 209 Female ±94

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