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Barnstable Town, MA Metropolitan NECTA

259,394 Population
444.2 square miles 584 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$52,151 ±$2,394 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $49,746 ±$459
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$83,558 ±$2,787 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,645 ±$1,287
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

7.4% ±1.3% (18,929  ±3,459) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,138 (±0.3% / ±21,871)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

23.4 minutes ±0.9 (2,362,965  ±150,745) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 27.5 73,941,424 (±0.2 / ±862,637)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

116,322 ±3,682 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,759,018 ±9,086
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.2 ±0.1 (256,496  ±3,991) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,738,001 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

2.9% ±1.2% (1,243  ±515) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,136 (±0.3% / ±4,819)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

180,591 ±1,749 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,017,772 ±315
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$488,800 ±$11,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $480,600 ±$3,093
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

9.9% ±1.4% (25,524  ±3,503.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 872,355 (±0.3% / ±22,449.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

95.8% ±3% (197,325  ±6,779.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,495,563 (±0.7% / ±33,250.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
44.4% ±2.1% (91,376  ±4,463.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,300,423 (±0.5% / ±23,318)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

9.5% ±1.1% (24,697  ±2,920) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,488 (±0.3% / ±21,752)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

7.3% ±0.9% (16,158  ±1,892) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 238,039 (±0.1% / ±7,249)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
16,158 Total veterans ±1,892 14,660 Male ±1,673 1,498 Female ±605

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