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Sandwich town, Barnstable County, MA

20,286 Population
42.9 square miles 473.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$48,625 ±$3,578 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $44,505 ±$1,033
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$98,827 ±$6,537 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Barnstable County: $74,336 ±$1,919
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

3.6% ±1.3% (728  ±256) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 6.4% 13,529 (±0.6% / ±1,208)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

29.8 minutes ±2.3 (297,725  ±28,214) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 23.9 2,299,885 (±0.5 / ±60,736)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

7,818 ±319 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 94,323 ±1,286
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.6 ±0.1 (20,066  ±130) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,788 (±0 / ±310)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

3.2% ±2.7% (110  ±92) 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

9,962 ±294 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 163,557 ±160
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$382,000 ±$8,538 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Barnstable County: $393,500 ±$3,335
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

8.1% ±2.1% (1,635  ±421.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.3% 19,722 (±0.7% / ±1,525.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

96.8% ±4.6% (14,365  ±767.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
47.3% ±3.2% (7,022  ±504.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 43.4% 72,020 (±0.9% / ±1,481.9)
  • about 10 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

3.5% ±1% (714  ±205) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 8% 17,093 (±0.5% / ±1,098)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

9.8% ±1.6% (1,621  ±268) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 9.6% 17,246 (±0.4% / ±651)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
1,621 Total veterans ±268 1,524 Male ±256 97 Female ±85

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