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Chatham town, Barnstable County, MA

6,155 Population
16.2 square miles 380.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 52.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$61,480 ±$13,798 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Barnstable County: $42,578 ±$890
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$77,878 ±$13,454 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $70,621 ±$1,245
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

9% ±3.7% (542  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Barnstable County: 7% 14,799 (±0.6% / ±1,178)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

23.9 minutes ±3.6 (59,310  ±10,927) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 23.3 2,227,335 (±0.5 / ±57,221)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

2,857 ±152 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 94,292 ±1,216
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.1 ±0.1 (5,994  ±103) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,909 (±0 / ±369)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

3.9% ±3.6% (29  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 4% † 1,493 (±0.8% / ±306)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

7,431 ±265 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 163,181 ±179
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$634,200 ±$32,294 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Barnstable County: $384,100 ±$2,941
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

8.5% ±2.9% (522  ±178.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.7% 20,510 (±0.7% / ±1,560.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

97.1% ±6.4% (4,934  ±367.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 95.5% 157,888 (±1.4% / ±2,327.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
57.1% ±5% (2,901  ±275.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Barnstable County: 42.8% 70,795 (±0.9% / ±1,495.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

6.3% ±2.7% (388  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 7.8% 16,648 (±0.5% / ±1,013)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

13.8% ±2.3% (746  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnstable County: 10% 18,006 (±0.4% / ±698)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
746 Total veterans ±124 691 Male ±112 55 Female ±45

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