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Orleans town, Barnstable County, MA

5,812 Population
14.2 square miles 410.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$56,907 ±$10,586 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $47,315 ±$1,127
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$77,273 ±$11,268 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

9.3% ±4.2% (538  ±245) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnstable County: 6.7% 14,176 (±0.6% / ±1,282)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

26.5 minutes ±5.6 (48,605  ±13,150) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 25.2 2,371,175 (±0.8 / ±82,639)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

2,788 ±159 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 95,859 ±1,505
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.1 ±0.1 (5,733  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,801 (±0 / ±277)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

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

Housing

5,682 ±283 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 164,064 ±136
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$639,500 ±$59,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Barnstable County: $414,000 ±$6,024
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

4.6% ±2.1% (269  ±122.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Barnstable County: 9.7% 20,447 (±0.8% / ±1,656.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

98.8% ±8.9% (4,897  ±472.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 95.8% 159,551 (±1.6% / ±2,734.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
62.5% ±6.6% (3,098  ±344.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnstable County: 45% 74,952 (±1.1% / ±1,815.5)
  • about 1.4 times 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

7.4% ±3.3% (431  ±194) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 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)

6.8% ±2.2% (350  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Barnstable County: 8.8% 15,942 (±0.4% / ±746)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
350 Total veterans ±112 336 Male ±107 14 Female ±21

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