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Buzzards Bay CDP, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
Buzzards Bay CDP is a Census CDP of 2,909 people across 1.92 square miles of land, in Barnstable County. Median household income is $94,388, 75.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 19 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.7 m.
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Buzzards Bay
What Buzzards Bay is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.92 sq mi
- Water area1.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,519
- 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.
Buzzards Bay
How many people live in Buzzards Bay
- Population2,909
- Median age54.4
- Population under 18195 plus or minus 88
- Share under 186.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Population 65 and over941 plus or minus 194
- Share 65 and over32.3 percent
- Households1,372
- Family households778
- Share of households that are families56.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Buzzards Bay
- Median household income$94,388
- Per capita income$52,088
- Civilian labor force1,748
- Employed1,699
- Unemployed49 plus or minus 40
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over2,257
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.6 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Buzzards Bay
- Housing units1,782
- Occupied units1,372
- Vacant units410 plus or minus 146
- Vacancy rate23.0 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Owner occupied1,038
- Renter occupied334 plus or minus 118
- Ownership rate75.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$454,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,484 plus or minus $601
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.9 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Single family units1,501
- Share single family84.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more242 plus or minus 126
- Share in buildings of two or more13.6 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Mobile homes39 plus or minus 58
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Buzzards Bay gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,414
- Commuting under 15 minutes447 plus or minus 135
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.6 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more622 plus or minus 187
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.0 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Drove alone67.9 percent
- Carpooled9.9 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home17.4 percent plus or minus 6.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buzzards Bay
SBA loans in Buzzards Bay (7(a))
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$2,744,800
- Average approval$144,463
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$400,000
- Largest approval$1,500,000
- Jobs supported123
- Jobs per approval6.5
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full8
- Charged off0
- Median term60 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 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.
Buzzards Bay
SBA loans in Buzzards Bay (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,361,000
- Average approval$680,500
- Median approval$1,145,000
- Largest approval$1,145,000
- Jobs supported9
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Barnstable County, not Buzzards Bay
Barnstable County context, not Buzzards Bay 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 Buzzards Bay 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 Buzzards Bay. 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
Buzzards Bay questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts?
2,909, in 1,372 households. Buzzards Bay CDP covers 1.92 square miles of land, which is 1,519 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buzzards Bay 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 Buzzards Bay?
$94,388. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $454,500. Median gross rent is $1,484 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Buzzards Bay businesses?
19 7(a) approvals totalling $2.7 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $50,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buzzards Bay, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buzzards Bay borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Buzzards Bay. only 8 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 Buzzards Bay 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 Buzzards Bay.
Is zoning published for Buzzards Bay?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.