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Oak Bluffs town, Dukes County, MA

5,284 Population
7.3 square miles 725.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dukes County: 47.9 ±1.5
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$51,258 ±$13,957 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Dukes County: $51,354 † ±$6,917
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$94,545 ±$16,208 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Dukes County: $77,392 † ±$13,934
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

8% ±6% (418  ±312) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Dukes County: 7.8% † 1,572 (±2.5% / ±509)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

12.2 minutes ±3.6 (26,570  ±9,388) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Dukes County: 15.9 † 128,085 (±2.2 / ±21,427)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

1,766 ±282 Number of households
  • Dukes County: 6,801 ±468
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.9 ±0.5 (5,190  ±93) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Dukes County: 3 20,032 (±0.2 / ±100)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

6.4% ±6.7% (90  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dukes County: 5.5% † 209 (±3.8% / ±146)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

4,301 ±375 Number of housing units
  • Dukes County: 17,529 ±44
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$760,800 ±$93,923 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dukes County: $857,600 ±$52,842
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

8.2% ±4.7% (428  ±247) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Dukes County: 8.3% † 1,667 (±2.5% / ±510)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

95.8% ±14.6% (3,586  ±618.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dukes County: 95.8% 14,904 (±7.4% / ±1,190.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
44.2% ±9.1% (1,653  ±366.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dukes County: 46.1% † 7,164 (±5% / ±796.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

7.6% ±8.2% (402  ±435) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dukes County: 13.1% † 2,653 (±4.1% / ±826)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

7.3% ±3.4% (285  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dukes County: 6.2% † 1,034 (±1.8% / ±305)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
285 Total veterans ±136 285 Male ±136 N/A Female ±19

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