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Barnstable Town city, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
Barnstable Town city is a Census city of 49,568 people across 59.93 square miles of land, in Barnstable County. Median household income is $91,982, 75.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Barnstable Town
What Barnstable Town is
- Census place typecity
- Land area59.93 sq mi
- Water area16.54 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land827
- County holding the largest share of its areaBarnstable County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barnstable Town
How many people live in Barnstable Town
- Population49,568
- Median age49.1
- Population under 188,513
- Share under 1817.2 percent
- Population 65 and over13,297
- Share 65 and over26.8 percent
- Households21,413
- Family households13,982
- Share of households that are families65.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barnstable Town
Income and work in Barnstable Town
- Median household income$91,982
- Per capita income$56,079
- Civilian labor force26,153
- Employed25,342
- Unemployed811 plus or minus 245
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Adults 25 and over37,419
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher42.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barnstable Town
Housing in Barnstable Town
- Housing units27,656
- Occupied units21,413
- Vacant units6,243
- Vacancy rate22.6 percent
- Owner occupied16,219
- Renter occupied5,194
- Ownership rate75.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$602,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,917
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.0 percent
- Single family units23,574
- Share single family85.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,943
- Share in buildings of two or more14.3 percent
- Mobile homes139 plus or minus 116
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barnstable Town
How Barnstable Town gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute21,613
- Commuting under 15 minutes7,028
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,046
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.0 percent
- Drove alone74.3 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport1.4 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home12.3 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barnstable Town
SBA loans in Barnstable Town (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$1,433,400
- Average approval$204,771
- Median approval$60,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$765,000
- Largest approval$765,000
- Jobs supported39
- Jobs per approval5.6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Barnstable Town
SBA loans in Barnstable Town (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$858,000
- Average approval$429,000
- Median approval$455,000
- Largest approval$455,000
- Jobs supported4
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Barnstable County, not Barnstable Town
Barnstable County context, not Barnstable Town figures
These are Barnstable County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Barnstable Town measurements.
- Establishments in Barnstable County8,957
- Employment at those establishments, Barnstable County76,963
- Covered employment, Barnstable County96,280
- Average annual pay, Barnstable County$64,707
- Average weekly wage, Barnstable County$1,244
- Housing units permitted, Barnstable County640
- Of those, single family, Barnstable County430
- County product, 2024, Barnstable County$19,298,345,000
- County product change over the prior year, Barnstable County8.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Barnstable County$189,081
Every figure in this section is published for Barnstable County as a whole and is not a measurement of Barnstable Town. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Barnstable Town questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Barnstable Town, Massachusetts?
49,568, in 21,413 households. Barnstable Town city covers 59.93 square miles of land, which is 827 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Barnstable Town in?
Barnstable County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Barnstable Town?
$91,982. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $602,500. Median gross rent is $1,917 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Barnstable Town businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $60,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $858,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Barnstable Town, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Barnstable Town borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Barnstable Town. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Barnstable Town figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Barnstable County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Barnstable Town.
Is zoning published for Barnstable Town?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.