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West Chatham CDP, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
West Chatham CDP is a Census CDP of 1,258 people across 2.92 square miles of land, in Barnstable County. 83.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
48 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
West Chatham
What West Chatham is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.92 sq mi
- Water area0.4 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land430 plus or minus 135
- 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.
West Chatham
How many people live in West Chatham
- Population1,258 plus or minus 396
- Median age59.7 plus or minus 13.5
- Population under 18181 plus or minus 116
- Share under 1814.4 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Population 65 and over529 plus or minus 181
- Share 65 and over42.1 percent
- Households574 plus or minus 184
- Family households443 plus or minus 153
- Share of households that are families77.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Chatham
Income and work in West Chatham
- Per capita income$62,802 plus or minus $14,587
- Civilian labor force565 plus or minus 240
- Employed543 plus or minus 235
- Unemployed22 plus or minus 25
- Unemployment rate3.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over945 plus or minus 291
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.9 percent plus or minus 41.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher73.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree35.3 percent plus or minus 14.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Chatham
Housing in West Chatham
- Housing units1,962
- Occupied units574 plus or minus 184
- Vacant units1,388
- Vacancy rate70.7 percent
- Owner occupied481 plus or minus 165
- Renter occupied93 plus or minus 77
- Ownership rate83.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$739,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,772
- Single family units1,884
- Share single family96.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more78 plus or minus 74
- Share in buildings of two or more4.0 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Chatham
How West Chatham gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute434 plus or minus 215
- Commuting under 15 minutes143 plus or minus 84
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.9 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more107 plus or minus 79
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.7 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Drove alone65.6 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Carpooled4.1 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Public transport10.3 percent plus or minus 15.8
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home20.1 percent plus or minus 11.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Barnstable County, not West Chatham
Barnstable County context, not West Chatham 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 West Chatham 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 West Chatham. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- The American Community Survey does not publish a median household income for this place, which happens where the sample is too small to support one.
- 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
West Chatham questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Chatham, Massachusetts?
1,258, in 574 households. West Chatham CDP covers 2.92 square miles of land, which is 430 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Chatham in?
Barnstable County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
Are the county figures on this page West Chatham 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 West Chatham.
Is zoning published for West Chatham?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.