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Falmouth town, Barnstable County, MA

31,177 Population
44.1 square miles 707.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 52.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$44,517 ±$3,290 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $42,578 ±$890
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$73,201 ±$4,434 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $70,621 ±$1,245
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

6% ±1.6% (1,828  ±481) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 7% 14,799 (±0.6% / ±1,178)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

24.2 minutes ±1.5 (327,140  ±25,133) 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

13,541 ±385 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 94,292 ±1,216
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.3 ±0.1 (30,721  ±166) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,909 (±0 / ±369)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

4.1% ±1.7% (213  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as 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

21,815 ±470 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 163,181 ±179
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$405,700 ±$13,841 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $384,100 ±$2,941
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

8.2% ±1.5% (2,533  ±454.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 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

94% ±3.3% (22,604  ±907.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 95.5% 157,888 (±1.4% / ±2,327.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
45.3% ±2.4% (10,902  ±609.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 42.8% 70,795 (±0.9% / ±1,495.9)
  • a little higher than 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

7.8% ±1.3% (2,428  ±414) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 7.8% 16,648 (±0.5% / ±1,013)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

9.5% ±1.1% (2,471  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 10% 18,006 (±0.4% / ±698)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
2,471 Total veterans ±291 2,258 Male ±277 213 Female ±85

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