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Dennis, MA

2,368 Population
4.9 square miles 482.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

67.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 52.4 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$50,090 ±$7,029 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $40,886 ±$792
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $39,913 ±$175
$71,685 ±$15,129 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $68,048 ±$1,279
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $74,167 ±$380

5.4% ±3.2% (127  ±77) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.5% 15,810 (±0.6% / ±1,169)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 11.1% 727,546 (±0.1% / ±9,337)

33.8 minutes ±6.2 (26,260  ±7,017) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 23.3 2,223,625 (±0.5 / ±62,207)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 96,351,855 (±0.1 / ±430,392)

Families

1,211 ±146 Number of households
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 95,011 ±1,141
  • Massachusetts: 2,585,715 ±5,003
2 ±0 (2,368  ±289) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 2.2 211,082 (±0 / ±359)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,538,591

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

Housing

2,731 ±97 Number of housing units
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 162,629 ±189
  • Massachusetts: 2,864,989 ±473

$503,700 ±$60,574 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $375,000 ±$3,721
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $352,600 ±$792

8% ±3.6% (190  ±87.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.2% 19,456 (±0.7% / ±1,385.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 13% 875,764 (±0.2% / ±10,200.9)

Social

96% ±2% (2,068  ±248.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 95.6% 157,814 (±1.4% / ±2,295.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.3% 4,248,456 (±0.3% / ±14,031.3)
49.7% ±4.8% (1,071  ±164) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 41.7% 68,847 (±0.9% / ±1,444.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 42.1% 1,980,861 (±0.2% / ±9,263.9)

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

3.6% ±2.2% (84  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.4% 15,743 (±0.4% / ±930)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.2% 1,097,229 (±0.1% / ±8,947)

17.1% ±4.2% (378  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 10.3% 18,519 (±0.4% / ±715)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 6% 325,299 (±0.1% / ±2,990)
378 Total veterans ±102 378 Male ±102 N/A Female ±12

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