Barnstable Town.
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Massachusetts·Barnstable County
11 tracts·50K people·$603K median·827/mi²
White 76 · Multiracial 9 · Black 6 · Hispanic 5 · Other 4 · Asian 1
Married couple 50 · Living alone 29 · Other 21
Health 34 · Retail 19 · Professional 14 · Leisure 12 · Manufacturing 10 · Public admin 5 · Other 4
Management · business · science · arts 43 · Sales · office 20 · Service 19 · Construction · maintenance 9 · Production · transport 9
Drive alone 74 · Carpool 17 · Work from home 13 · Walk 2 · Transit 1 · Bike 1
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Barnstable Town is $602,500 (Census ACS) — 1.3× the US median of $458,812.
Barnstable Town has 49,568 residents across 11 census tracts and 11 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 49.1; the population is 75.8% White, 8.9% Multiracial, 5.7% Black, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 3.6% Other and 1.1% Asian; the average household has 2.3 people; 42.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 7.4% (Census ACS).
Centerville Elementary (55%), West Villages Elementary School (54%) and Barnstable Community Innovation School (50%) lead the elementary schools; Barnstable Intermediate School is the middle school with reported scores (24%); Sturgis Charter Public School (74%) and Barnstable High (30%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,917/month, 21% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Barnstable Town is $91,982 a year, 7% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Barnstable Town, median rent is $1,917/month and the median home value is $602,500 (Census ACS).
Barnstable Town reported 4.2 violent crimes and 8.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 77°F; winter lows average 26°F; there are 111 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 47 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Barnstable Town are landslide (80), drought (79) and wildfire (73), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.15g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Barnstable Town, 1.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).