Barnstable Town vs South Yarmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Barnstable Town and South Yarmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

Barnstable Town and South Yarmouth are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barnstable Town has the higher population (49,232 vs 11,642 in South Yarmouth). Barnstable Town has the higher median household income ($97,348 vs $79,638 in South Yarmouth). Barnstable Town has the higher median home value ($559,200 vs $465,100 in South Yarmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Barnstable Town	South Yarmouth
Population	49,232	11,642
Median age	48.6 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,348	$79,638
Median home value	$559,200	$465,100
Median gross rent	$1,751	$1,665
Housing units	27,488	8,248
Homeownership rate	74.9%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnstable Town	South Yarmouth
Population	44,406 → 49,232 (+10.9%)	11,091 → 11,642 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$72,733 → $97,348 (+33.8%)	$61,088 → $79,638 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$380,400 → $559,200 (+47.0%)	$329,600 → $465,100 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,751 (+31.1%)	$1,350 → $1,665 (+23.3%)

Barnstable Town

Population

44,40649,232

Median household income

$72,733$97,348

Median home value

$380,400$559,200

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,751

South Yarmouth

Population

11,09111,642

Median household income

$61,088$79,638

Median home value

$329,600$465,100

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnstable Town	South Yarmouth
Under 5	4.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	9.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	17.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	15.8%
75 and over	10.2%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnstable Town	South Yarmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	77.1%
Black or African American	6.3%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	1.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnstable Town	South Yarmouth
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	22.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnstable Town	South Yarmouth
Drove alone	76.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.3%
Public transit	1.6%	2.6%
Walked	1.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.5%
Worked from home	11.0%	4.6%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnstable Town	South Yarmouth
1-unit, detached	80.6%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	4.8%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Barnstable Town	South Yarmouth
Poverty rate	7.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1977	1971