People QuickFacts Barnstable Town Massachusetts Population, 2011 estimate 45,167 6,607,003 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 45,193 6,547,629 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 -0.1% 0.9% Population, 2010 45,193 6,547,629 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 4.6% 5.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 18.3% 21.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 21.0% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.8% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 89.3% 80.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.0% 6.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.2% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.1% 2.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 3.1% 9.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 87.4% 76.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.7% 86.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 9.7% 14.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 11.2% 21.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 94.2% 88.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 36.7% 38.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 4,402 412,617 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.8 27.5  Housing units, 2010 26,343 2,808,254 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.7% 63.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.2% 41.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $370,200 $343,500 Households, 2007-2011 20,119 2,522,409 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.22 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $36,121 $35,051 Median household income, 2007-2011 $62,191 $65,981 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 8.5% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Barnstable Town Massachusetts Total number of firms, 2007 6,409 596,790 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.5% 3.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 3.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.4% 29.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 86,428,959 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 148,934 95,275,672 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,395,529 88,082,966 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $29,917 $13,553 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 185,203 14,917,210     Geography QuickFacts Barnstable Town Massachusetts Land area in square miles, 2010 59.81 7,800.06 Persons per square mile, 2010 755.7 839.4 FIPS Code 03690 25 Counties Barnstable County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts