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Truro town, Barnstable County, MA

1,122 Population
21 square miles 53.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$44,416 ±$6,387 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Barnstable County: $44,505 ±$1,033
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$68,367 ±$5,644 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $74,336 ±$1,919
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

3.1% ±3.1% (35  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about half 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)

19.3 minutes ±18.6 (5,315  ±3,225) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 23.9 2,299,885 (±0.5 / ±60,736)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

601 ±137 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 94,323 ±1,286
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
1.9 ±0.2 (1,117  ±275) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,788 (±0 / ±310)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

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

Housing

3,255 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 163,557 ±160
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$468,800 ±$105,365 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $393,500 ±$3,335
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

0.2% ±1.6% (2  ±17.3) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.3% 19,722 (±0.7% / ±1,525.4)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

89.3% ±27.5% (868  ±180.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 95.5% 158,330 (±1.4% / ±2,263.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
48.5% ±7.3% (471  ±128.6) 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

6.5% ±5.2% (73  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 8% 17,093 (±0.5% / ±1,098)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

8.8% ±5.4% (90  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.6% 17,246 (±0.4% / ±651)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
90 Total veterans ±59 90 Male ±59 N/A Female ±12

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