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Wellfleet town, Barnstable County, MA

4,305 Population
19.8 square miles 217.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.2 ±6.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 53.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,695 ±$9,517 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $49,973 ±$1,001
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$90,208 ±$28,093 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $82,619 ±$2,539
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

11.4% ±7.3% (486  ±318) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Barnstable County: 7.2% 16,289 (±0.6% / ±1,257)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

31.5 minutes ±11.1 (47,310  ±20,343) 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

1,736 ±237 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 98,163 ±1,365
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.5 ±0.4 (4,282  ±498) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 2.3 225,324 (±0 / ±232)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

4% ±5.6% (28  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 4.3% † 1,640 (±0.9% / ±354)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

4,645 ±292 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 164,523 ±248
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$575,900 ±$51,927 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Barnstable County: $445,500 ±$5,934
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

10.8% ±8.4% (459  ±359.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 9.4% 21,319 (±0.7% / ±1,507)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

95.1% ±5.7% (3,138  ±439.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 95.7% 170,434 (±1.7% / ±2,998.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
52.6% ±6.2% (1,735  ±301.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 44.9% 79,930 (±1.1% / ±1,934)
  • about 20 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% ±3% (173  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of 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)

5.2% ±2.8% (192  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Barnstable County: 8.1% 15,615 (±0.4% / ±783)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
192 Total veterans ±106 192 Male ±106 N/A Female ±13

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