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Truro town, Barnstable County, MA

1,575 Population
21 square miles 75.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.1 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$66,512 ±$22,174 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Barnstable County: $49,973 ±$1,001
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$83,992 ±$51,820 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Barnstable County: $82,619 ±$2,539
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

5.7% ±4.3% (90  ±73) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 7.2% 16,289 (±0.6% / ±1,257)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

30.5 minutes ±27.3 (15,905  ±9,562) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 25 2,444,090 (±0.9 / ±102,373)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

913 ±262 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 98,163 ±1,365
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
1.7 ±0.2 (1,570  ±494) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Barnstable County: 2.3 225,324 (±0 / ±232)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

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

Housing

3,345 ±265 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 164,523 ±248
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$655,500 ±$94,025 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Barnstable County: $445,500 ±$5,934
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

2.5% ±2.5% (39  ±41.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.4% 21,319 (±0.7% / ±1,507)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

91.2% ±33.8% (1,185  ±307.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 95.7% 170,434 (±1.7% / ±2,998.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
56.4% ±12.1% (733  ±250.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 44.9% 79,930 (±1.1% / ±1,934)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

4.1% ±6.1% (65  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Barnstable County: 9.1% 20,835 (±0.5% / ±1,240)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

9.3% ±5% (121  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 8.1% 15,615 (±0.4% / ±783)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
121 Total veterans ±73 121 Male ±73 N/A Female ±13

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