Barnstable Town vs Yarmouth Port

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

Barnstable Town and Yarmouth Port 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 5,825 in Yarmouth Port). Yarmouth Port has the higher median household income ($108,563 vs $97,348 in Barnstable Town). Barnstable Town has the higher median home value ($559,200 vs $542,600 in Yarmouth Port).

Population, income & housing

	Barnstable Town	Yarmouth Port
Population	49,232	5,825
Median age	48.6 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,348	$108,563
Median home value	$559,200	$542,600
Median gross rent	$1,751	$1,636
Housing units	27,488	3,424
Homeownership rate	74.9%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnstable Town	Yarmouth Port
Population	44,406 → 49,232 (+10.9%)	5,242 → 5,825 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$72,733 → $97,348 (+33.8%)	$74,737 → $108,563 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$380,400 → $559,200 (+47.0%)	$379,800 → $542,600 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,751 (+31.1%)	$1,658 → $1,636 (-1.3%)

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

Yarmouth Port

Population

5,2425,825

Median household income

$74,737$108,563

Median home value

$379,800$542,600

Median gross rent

$1,658$1,636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnstable Town	Yarmouth Port
Under 5	4.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	15.1%	20.3%
75 and over	10.2%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnstable Town	Yarmouth Port
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	95.5%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnstable Town	Yarmouth Port
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	22.9%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnstable Town	Yarmouth Port
Drove alone	76.4%	70.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.7%
Walked	1.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	17.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnstable Town	Yarmouth Port
1-unit, detached	80.6%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnstable Town	Yarmouth Port
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1977	1979