Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Barnstable County has a population of 231,668 and has grown 2.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $629,000, about 6.6 times the county's median household income of $95,241.

Home price
$629,000
Income
$95,241
Population
231,668
Unemployment
5.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$629,000county
Median gross rent$1,678county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198056.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant36.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented18.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use33.1%county
Typical monthly rent$2,725county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,422county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,846county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,985county
Home insurance / yr$1,483(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living141.2(statewide)
Median household income$95,241county
Family health premium / yr$28,151(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$26,709(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.046(statewide)
Poverty rate7.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home16.0%county
Unemployment rate5.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.9%county
Share of workers employed by government13.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.4%county
Economic output per resident$83,302county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.67%county
Top state income tax9.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax9.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.25%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time24.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service3.0 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport25626county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.8 micounty
Airports with airline service located here2county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station55 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.4%county
Traffic deaths14.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher48.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher96.2%county
Public schools in the county49county
Public school enrollment22212county
Students per full-time teacher10.4county
Elementary schools27county
Middle schools10county
High schools11county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public150.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution16 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians90county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter5.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance2.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year8.3%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.7%county
Frequent mental distress13.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity19.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population231,668county
Land area in square miles394county
People per square mile of land588.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores72county
Convenience stores71county
Share living far from a food store51.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract19.7%county
Population change since 2020+2.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-7county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age55.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1814.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over33.1%county
Share of households that are one person32.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States9.9%county
Second languages10.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls36.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents76county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in6,259county
Households that moved away6,576county
Average income of arriving households$147,264county
Average income of departing households$112,704county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year630county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings47.1%county
Violent crime rate315(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature50.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation40.5 incounty
Annual snowfall16.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.89 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F3 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing106 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days210 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 11county
Average first fall frostNov 7county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$151county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh31.8¢county
Household electricity use475 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$24.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity12.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas61.3%county
Homes heated by propane4.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil18.9%county
Homes heated by wood0.9%county
Households with broadband94.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk90.7county
Coastal flood risk94.6county
Drought risk31.3county
Landslide risk66.6county
Hail risk69.0county
Earthquake risk78.1county
Tornado risk45.5county
Tropical cyclone risk94.5county
Extreme heat risk38.9county
Winter weather risk24.8county
Strong wind risk60.8county
Wildfire risk53.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Barnstable County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Massachusetts figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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