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Provincetown town, Barnstable County, MA

2,973 Population
9.7 square miles 307.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$58,325 ±$7,260 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Barnstable County: $44,505 ±$1,033
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$59,063 ±$8,028 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $74,336 ±$1,919
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

10.5% ±3.9% (309  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Barnstable County: 6.4% 13,529 (±0.6% / ±1,208)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

19.1 minutes ±3.9 (25,525  ±6,228) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 23.9 2,299,885 (±0.5 / ±60,736)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

1,702 ±103 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 94,323 ±1,286
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
1.7 ±0.1 (2,961  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,788 (±0 / ±310)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

3.2% ±4.4% (9  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 4.1% † 1,482 (±0.9% / ±321)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

4,680 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 163,557 ±160
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$601,900 ±$69,540 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Barnstable County: $393,500 ±$3,335
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

11.7% ±4.2% (347  ±125) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 9.3% 19,722 (±0.7% / ±1,525.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

95.5% ±9.1% (2,581  ±268) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 95.5% 158,330 (±1.4% / ±2,263.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
54.8% ±6.8% (1,480  ±194.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 43.4% 72,020 (±0.9% / ±1,481.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

9.2% ±3.7% (272  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher 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)

5.4% ±2.3% (152  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.6% 17,246 (±0.4% / ±651)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
152 Total veterans ±66 152 Male ±66 N/A Female ±12

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