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Chatham town, Barnstable County, MA

6,554 Population
16.2 square miles 405.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$65,443 ±$8,669 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Barnstable County: $49,973 ±$1,001
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$88,750 ±$14,881 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $82,619 ±$2,539
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

6.4% ±3.1% (412  ±199) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 7.2% 16,289 (±0.6% / ±1,257)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

25.2 minutes ±5.6 (52,945  ±14,018) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as 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

3,164 ±184 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 98,163 ±1,365
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2 ±0.1 (6,400  ±92) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 2.3 225,324 (±0 / ±232)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

2.9% ±3.7% (20  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Barnstable County: 4.3% † 1,640 (±0.9% / ±354)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

7,556 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 164,523 ±248
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$741,800 ±$66,617 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Barnstable County: $445,500 ±$5,934
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

11.9% ±4.2% (775  ±275.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 9.4% 21,319 (±0.7% / ±1,507)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

97.6% ±7.3% (5,476  ±464.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 95.7% 170,434 (±1.7% / ±2,998.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
62.6% ±6% (3,514  ±364.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnstable County: 44.9% 79,930 (±1.1% / ±1,934)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

5.7% ±2.6% (376  ±167) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.1% 20,835 (±0.5% / ±1,240)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

11.1% ±2.5% (657  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnstable County: 8.1% 15,615 (±0.4% / ±783)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
657 Total veterans ±147 594 Male ±146 63 Female ±50

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