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Orleans town, Barnstable County, MA

5,808 Population
14.2 square miles 410.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$45,720 ±$5,138 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $44,505 ±$1,033
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$73,778 ±$5,637 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Barnstable County: $74,336 ±$1,919
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

7.6% ±2.9% (435  ±165) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 6.4% 13,529 (±0.6% / ±1,208)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

22.6 minutes ±4.8 (45,875  ±11,503) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Barnstable County: 23.9 2,299,885 (±0.5 / ±60,736)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

2,718 ±152 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 94,323 ±1,286
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.1 ±0.1 (5,724  ±70) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,788 (±0 / ±310)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

5,714 ±263 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 163,557 ±160
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$644,000 ±$34,595 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Barnstable County: $393,500 ±$3,335
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

3.9% ±1.9% (224  ±108.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.3% 19,722 (±0.7% / ±1,525.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

98.6% ±7.4% (4,741  ±407.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 95.5% 158,330 (±1.4% / ±2,263.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
58.4% ±5.9% (2,811  ±308.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnstable County: 43.4% 72,020 (±0.9% / ±1,481.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

7.8% ±3.7% (452  ±213) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 8% 17,093 (±0.5% / ±1,098)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

7.5% ±2% (371  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.6% 17,246 (±0.4% / ±651)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
371 Total veterans ±98 357 Male ±96 14 Female ±22

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