Bourne vs Dennis

A side-by-side comparison of Bourne and Dennis: population, income, housing, and more.

Bourne and Dennis are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dennis has the higher population (1,903 vs 1,765 in Bourne). Dennis has the higher median household income ($127,292 vs $125,366 in Bourne). Dennis has the higher median home value ($835,300 vs $521,100 in Bourne).

Population, income & housing

	Bourne	Dennis
Population	1,765	1,903
Median age	60.9 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,366	$127,292
Median home value	$521,100	$835,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,542
Housing units	1,078	2,417
Homeownership rate	80.3%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.7%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourne	Dennis
Population	1,408 → 1,765 (+25.4%)	2,307 → 1,903 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$51,595 → $125,366 (+143.0%)	$90,795 → $127,292 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$374,500 → $521,100 (+39.1%)	$505,900 → $835,300 (+65.1%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,695 (+94.2%)	$1,239 → $1,542 (+24.5%)

Bourne

Population

1,4081,765

Median household income

$51,595$125,366

Median home value

$374,500$521,100

Median gross rent

$873$1,695

Dennis

Population

2,3071,903

Median household income

$90,795$127,292

Median home value

$505,900$835,300

Median gross rent

$1,239$1,542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourne	Dennis
Under 5	0.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	7.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	0.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.6%	4.7%
35 to 44	6.6%	4.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	21.9%	20.3%
65 to 74	32.4%	23.2%
75 and over	10.1%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourne	Dennis
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourne	Dennis
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourne	Dennis
Drove alone	78.7%	64.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	29.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourne	Dennis
1-unit, detached	79.7%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bourne	Dennis
Poverty rate	12.6%	3.3%
Average household size	1.83	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1966	1973