The median owner-occupied home in Barnstable County had a real-estate tax bill of $4,090 (± $82) a year, compared with $5,813 in Massachusetts and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $575,900 (± $9,649), compared with $525,800 in Massachusetts and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Barnstable County | Massachusetts | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 230,073 | 6,992,395 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $4,090 ± $82 | $5,813 ± $18 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $575,900 ± $9,649 | $525,800 ± $2,244 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $94,452 ± $2,087 | $101,341 ± $539 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.71% ± 0.02 points | 1.11% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 80.6% ± 0.8 points | 62.6% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 49.0% ± 0.9 points | 31.9% ± 0.2 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 28.8% ± 1.3 points | 26.3% ± 0.3 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Barnstable County (1)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Barnstable County (39)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Bourne
- Brewster
- Buzzards Bay
- Chatham
- Dennis
- Dennis Port
- East Dennis
- East Falmouth
- East Harwich
- East Sandwich
- Falmouth
- Forestdale
- Harwich Center
- Harwich Port
- Mashpee Neck
- Monomoscoy Island
- Monument Beach
- New Seabury
- North Eastham
- North Falmouth
- Northwest Harwich
- Orleans
- Pocasset
- Popponesset (census-designated place, Barnstable County)
- Popponesset Island (census-designated place, Barnstable County)
- Provincetown
- Sagamore
- Sandwich
- Seabrook
- Seconsett Island
- South Dennis
- South Yarmouth
- Teaticket
- West Chatham
- West Dennis
- West Falmouth
- West Yarmouth
- Woods Hole
- Yarmouth Port
Towns and townships in Barnstable County (15)
- Barnstable Town city
- Bourne
- Brewster
- Chatham
- Dennis
- Eastham
- Falmouth
- Harwich
- Mashpee
- Orleans
- Provincetown
- Sandwich
- Truro
- Wellfleet
- Yarmouth
Other named communities in Barnstable County (112)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Acapesket
- Amrita
- Barlows Landing
- Bass River
- Beach Point
- Bourne Corners
- Bournedale
- Cahoon Hollow
- Camp Burgess
- Camp Edwards
- Camp Mar Vel (historical)
- Campground Landing
- Cataumet
- Cataumet Station
- Centerville
- Chappaquoit
- Chatham Port
- Cobbs Village
- Colonial Acres
- Cooks Brook Beach
- Cotuit
- Cotuit Highlands
- Craigville
- Craigville Beach
- Cummaquid
- Davisville
- East Brewster
- East Orleans
- Englewood
- Falmouth Heights
- Farmersville
- First Encounter Beach
- Fresh Brook
- Gray Gables
- Hatchville
- Hyannis
- Hyannis Park
- Hyannis Port
- Kingdom Hall
- Kingsbury Beach
- Le Count Hollow (historical)
- Mara Vista
- Marstons Mills
- Maushop Village
- Mayflower Heights
- Mayo Beach
- Megansett
- Menauhant
- Namskaket
- Nauset Heights
- New Boston
- Newcomb Hollow
- Newtown
- North Chatham
- North Dennis
- North Falmouth Station
- North Harwich
- North Pocasset
- North Truro
- Old Harbor
- Old Quaker Meetinghouse
- Old Silver Beach
- Osterville
- Oyster Harbors
- Patuisset
- Pilgrim Heights
- Pine Tree Corner
- Pleasant Lake
- Plowed Neck
- Pocasset Station
- Pond Village
- Pondsville
- Popponesset Beach
- Quissett
- Quitnesset
- Racing Beach
- Rock Harbor
- Rock Landing
- Saconesset Hills
- Sagamore Beach
- Sagamore Highlands
- Santuit
- Scorton Shores
- Shooters Island
- Silver Beach
- Sippewisset
- Smalltown
- South Brewster
- South Chatham
- South Harwich
- South Mashpee
- South Orleans
- South Pocasset
- South Truro
- South Wellfleet
- Sunken Meadow Beach
- Tahanto Beach
- The Springs
- Thumpertown Beach
- Tonset
- Truro Station (historical)
- Wakeby
- Waquoit Village
- Weeset
- Wellfleet by the Sea
- West Barnstable
- West Brewster
- West Harwich
- West Hyannisport
- Wianno
- Wood End
- Yarmouth Station