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Falmouth town, Barnstable County, MA

31,104 Population
44.1 square miles 706 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$51,205 ±$3,815 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $47,315 ±$1,127
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$75,548 ±$4,048 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

6.2% ±1.5% (1,900  ±452) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 6.7% 14,176 (±0.6% / ±1,282)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

25.5 minutes ±1.8 (326,320  ±29,936) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 25.2 2,371,175 (±0.8 / ±82,639)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

13,983 ±533 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 95,859 ±1,505
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.2 ±0.1 (30,679  ±137) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,801 (±0 / ±277)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

5.4% ±3.4% (284  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 4.4% † 1,586 (±1.2% / ±438)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

21,988 ±425 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 164,064 ±136
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$437,200 ±$19,521 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $414,000 ±$6,024
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

8.3% ±1.7% (2,561  ±529.1) 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

94.7% ±3.3% (23,067  ±1,008.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 95.8% 159,551 (±1.6% / ±2,734.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
49.4% ±2.7% (12,027  ±735.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 45% 74,952 (±1.1% / ±1,815.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

6.6% ±1.4% (2,061  ±449) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 8.4% 17,985 (±0.7% / ±1,416)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

8.1% ±1.2% (2,126  ±325) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 8.8% 15,942 (±0.4% / ±746)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
2,126 Total veterans ±325 1,959 Male ±295 167 Female ±81

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