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East Harwich, MA

5,654 Population
8 square miles 705 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 55.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$64,947 ±$7,289 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $62,086 ±$1,573
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$111,508 ±$14,585 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $95,241 ±$2,510
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.7% ±1% (94  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.7% 17,567 (±0.7% / ±1,500)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±6 (65,855  ±21,270) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 24.8 2,287,865 (±1 / ±103,930)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,670 ±267 Number of households
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 105,777 ±1,344
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (5,641  ±609) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 2.2 228,709 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±10.3% (44  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,613 (±1.1% / ±421)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,454 ±376 Number of housing units
  • the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 166,215 ±74
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$638,900 ±$25,115 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: $629,000 ±$7,027
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.7% ±2% (154  ±114.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.2% 21,242 (±0.7% / ±1,670.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.3% ±4.8% (4,689  ±629) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 96.2% 176,819 (±1.8% / ±3,295)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47.5% ±5.3% (2,243  ±375.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 48.2% 88,626 (±1.2% / ±2,204)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.1% ±3.5% (345  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 9.9% 22,931
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±1.9% (248  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area: 7.1% 14,125 (±0.4% / ±794)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
248 Total veterans ±100 237 Male ±100 11 Female ±18

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