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Chatham town, Barnstable County, MA

6,009 Population
16.2 square miles 371.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$56,955 ±$7,627 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $47,315 ±$1,127
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$78,491 ±$14,854 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Barnstable County: $76,863 ±$1,835
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

6.9% ±3.3% (405  ±191) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 6.7% 14,176 (±0.6% / ±1,282)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

25.8 minutes ±4.3 (53,750  ±11,954) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 25.2 2,371,175 (±0.8 / ±82,639)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

3,007 ±187 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 95,859 ±1,505
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2 ±0.1 (5,849  ±85) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,801 (±0 / ±277)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

4.8% ±4.4% (36  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 4.4% † 1,586 (±1.2% / ±438)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

7,513 ±288 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 164,064 ±136
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$668,500 ±$53,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Barnstable County: $414,000 ±$6,024
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

8.7% ±3.4% (518  ±204.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.7% 20,447 (±0.8% / ±1,656.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

97.6% ±7.7% (4,982  ±442.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 95.8% 159,551 (±1.6% / ±2,734.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
61.5% ±6.5% (3,140  ±356.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnstable County: 45% 74,952 (±1.1% / ±1,815.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

5.4% ±2.6% (325  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Barnstable County: 8.4% 17,985 (±0.7% / ±1,416)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

11.9% ±2.9% (644  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnstable County: 8.8% 15,942 (±0.4% / ±746)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
644 Total veterans ±157 585 Male ±146 59 Female ±49

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