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Dennis, MA

1,962 Population
4.9 square miles 399.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.6 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 53.7 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$61,161 ±$6,977 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $47,315 ±$1,127
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$93,726 ±$3,435 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $76,863 ±$1,835
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

1.5% ±1.8% (30  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 6.7% 14,176 (±0.6% / ±1,282)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

38.2 minutes ±2.7 (26,245  ±8,921) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 25.2 2,371,175 (±0.8 / ±82,639)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

1,031 ±128 Number of households
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 95,859 ±1,505
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
1.9 ±0.3 (1,962  ±231) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 2.2 210,801 (±0 / ±277)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

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

Housing

2,489 ±204 Number of housing units
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 164,064 ±136
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$480,500 ±$38,900 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $414,000 ±$6,024
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

10.8% ±5.9% (212  ±118.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.7% 20,447 (±0.8% / ±1,656.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

91.5% ±5.3% (1,596  ±217.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 95.8% 159,551 (±1.6% / ±2,734.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
54.2% ±6.3% (946  ±161) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 45% 74,952 (±1.1% / ±1,815.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

5.8% ±5.3% (113  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 8.4% 17,985 (±0.7% / ±1,416)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

9.4% ±2.9% (176  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 8.8% 15,942 (±0.4% / ±746)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
176 Total veterans ±58 176 Male ±58 N/A Female ±13

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