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Falmouth town, Barnstable County, MA

32,526 Population
44.1 square miles 738.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$51,645 ±$3,254 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $49,973 ±$1,001
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$78,884 ±$5,123 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Barnstable County: $82,619 ±$2,539
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

8.1% ±1.6% (2,598  ±529) 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)

25.7 minutes ±1.6 (335,505  ±28,183) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 25 2,444,090 (±0.9 / ±102,373)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

14,043 ±478 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 98,163 ±1,365
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.3 ±0.1 (32,136  ±97) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 2.3 225,324 (±0 / ±232)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

4% ±2.8% (221  ±157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 4.3% † 1,640 (±0.9% / ±354)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

21,897 ±457 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 164,523 ±248
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$460,800 ±$16,957 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $445,500 ±$5,934
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

8.5% ±1.7% (2,740  ±539.9) 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% ±4% (24,006  ±1,143.6) 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)
50.1% ±3.1% (12,815  ±831.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 44.9% 79,930 (±1.1% / ±1,934)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

7.6% ±1.7% (2,460  ±560) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.1% 20,835 (±0.5% / ±1,240)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

8% ±1.2% (2,220  ±327) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 8.1% 15,615 (±0.4% / ±783)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
2,220 Total veterans ±327 2,054 Male ±319 166 Female ±87

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