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Oak Bluffs town, Dukes County, MA

5,370 Population
7.3 square miles 736.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dukes County: 50.4 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$63,117 ±$17,355 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dukes County: $71,014 † ±$13,843
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$117,927 ±$26,238 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dukes County: $102,348 † ±$14,770
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

5.8% ±5.2% (306  ±273) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dukes County: 5.4% † 1,102 (±2.1% / ±424)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

13.5 minutes ±3.6 (30,930  ±11,008) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dukes County: 16.6 † 141,990 (±2.1 / ±23,630)
  • about half the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

2,064 ±381 Number of households
  • Dukes County: 7,362 ±547
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.6 ±0.5 (5,264  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dukes County: 2.8 20,482 (±0.2 / ±36)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

7.4% ±6.8% (96  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Dukes County: 7% † 275 (±4.1% / ±160)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

4,578 ±456 Number of housing units
  • Dukes County: 17,713 ±22
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$893,000 ±$133,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dukes County: $1,104,100 ±$59,596
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

6.7% ±4.4% (351  ±228.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dukes County: 11.5% † 2,357 (±2.9% / ±593.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

95.5% ±17% (3,864  ±749.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dukes County: 95.3% 15,186 (±8% / ±1,292.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
46.9% ±11.4% (1,900  ±483.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dukes County: 49% † 7,817 (±5.7% / ±913.6)
  • about the same as 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

10.3% ±10.2% (551  ±549) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dukes County: 13.7% 2,839
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

8.9% ±4.1% (369  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dukes County: 6.9% † 1,175 (±1.8% / ±301)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
369 Total veterans ±171 369 Male ±171 N/A Female ±19

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