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Truro town, Barnstable County, MA

1,254 Population
21 square miles 59.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 52.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$36,250 ±$7,517 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $42,578 ±$890
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$65,446 ±$10,571 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $70,621 ±$1,245
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

5.4% ±5.1% (68  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Barnstable County: 7% 14,799 (±0.6% / ±1,178)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

17.5 minutes ±12.4 (6,190  ±2,668) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Barnstable County: 23.3 2,227,335 (±0.5 / ±57,221)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

641 ±129 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 94,292 ±1,216
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2 ±0.5 (1,250  ±227) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,909 (±0 / ±369)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

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

Housing

3,273 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 163,181 ±179
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$472,400 ±$55,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $384,100 ±$2,941
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

0.6% ±1.6% (8  ±19.9) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.7% 20,510 (±0.7% / ±1,560.6)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

91.1% ±24.6% (984  ±186.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 95.5% 157,888 (±1.4% / ±2,327.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
51.8% ±6.8% (559  ±130.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 42.8% 70,795 (±0.9% / ±1,495.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

4.7% ±4.1% (59  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 7.8% 16,648 (±0.5% / ±1,013)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

8.8% ±4.9% (99  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 10% 18,006 (±0.4% / ±698)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
99 Total veterans ±58 99 Male ±58 N/A Female ±12

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