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Wellfleet town, Barnstable County, MA

4,371 Population
19.8 square miles 220.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.7 ±6.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 55.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$57,279 ±$12,132 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Barnstable County: $60,325 ±$1,273
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$114,074 ±$24,555 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $94,452 ±$2,087
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

6.4% ±3.2% (278  ±140) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 7.4% 16,909 (±0.6% / ±1,304)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

32.7 minutes ±9.8 (52,995  ±18,732) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Barnstable County: 25.4 2,413,335 (±0.9 / ±101,310)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

1,924 ±224 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 102,981 ±1,224
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.3 ±0.3 (4,354  ±288) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 227,219 (±0 / ±30)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

7.1% ±7.4% (42  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Barnstable County: 4.4% † 1,637 (±1.2% / ±435)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

4,597 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 165,661 ±157
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$751,000 ±$62,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Barnstable County: $575,900 ±$9,649
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

6.8% ±3.5% (292  ±149.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.6% 21,968 (±0.8% / ±1,746.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

99% ±9.3% (3,478  ±450.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 96.4% 175,428 (±1.8% / ±3,232.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
58% ±7.5% (2,037  ±319.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 47.4% 86,284 (±1.2% / ±2,193.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

5.4% ±3% (236  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barnstable County: 9.6% 22,091
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

5.4% ±2.6% (199  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Barnstable County: 7.6% 14,891 (±0.3% / ±616)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
199 Total veterans ±96 191 Male ±96 8 Female ±12

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