Dennis Port vs East Dennis

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

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

East Dennis has the higher population (3,685 vs 3,439 in Dennis Port). East Dennis has the higher median household income ($100,504 vs $61,974 in Dennis Port). East Dennis has the higher median home value ($658,500 vs $450,500 in Dennis Port).

Population, income & housing

	Dennis Port	East Dennis
Population	3,439	3,685
Median age	58.3 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,974	$100,504
Median home value	$450,500	$658,500
Median gross rent	$1,524	$721
Housing units	5,260	2,292
Homeownership rate	69.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dennis Port	East Dennis
Population	3,428 → 3,439 (+0.3%)	2,575 → 3,685 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$55,256 → $61,974 (+12.2%)	$64,096 → $100,504 (+56.8%)
Median home value	$321,200 → $450,500 (+40.3%)	$454,900 → $658,500 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,524 (+1.0%)	$1,278 → $721 (-43.6%)

Dennis Port

Population

3,4283,439

Median household income

$55,256$61,974

Median home value

$321,200$450,500

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,524

East Dennis

Population

2,5753,685

Median household income

$64,096$100,504

Median home value

$454,900$658,500

Median gross rent

$1,278$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dennis Port	East Dennis
Under 5	1.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	8.3%	6.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	7.1%
55 to 64	23.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	19.0%	23.6%
75 and over	12.3%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dennis Port	East Dennis
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	95.7%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dennis Port	East Dennis
No high school diploma	5.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	23.7%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dennis Port	East Dennis
Drove alone	76.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	2.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dennis Port	East Dennis
1-unit, detached	77.9%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dennis Port	East Dennis
Poverty rate	18.9%	4.2%
Average household size	1.85	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1961	1979