Dennis Port vs Provincetown

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

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

Provincetown has the higher population (3,466 vs 3,439 in Dennis Port). Provincetown has the higher median household income ($123,456 vs $61,974 in Dennis Port). Provincetown has the higher median home value ($786,900 vs $450,500 in Dennis Port).

Population, income & housing

	Dennis Port	Provincetown
Population	3,439	3,466
Median age	58.3 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,974	$123,456
Median home value	$450,500	$786,900
Median gross rent	$1,524	$1,331
Housing units	5,260	4,542
Homeownership rate	69.1%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dennis Port	Provincetown
Population	3,428 → 3,439 (+0.3%)	2,730 → 3,466 (+27.0%)
Median household income	$55,256 → $61,974 (+12.2%)	$58,313 → $123,456 (+111.7%)
Median home value	$321,200 → $450,500 (+40.3%)	$626,300 → $786,900 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,524 (+1.0%)	$1,202 → $1,331 (+10.7%)

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

Provincetown

Population

2,7303,466

Median household income

$58,313$123,456

Median home value

$626,300$786,900

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dennis Port	Provincetown
Under 5	1.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	8.3%	4.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	23.8%	29.0%
65 to 74	19.0%	15.1%
75 and over	12.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dennis Port	Provincetown
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	75.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dennis Port	Provincetown
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	23.7%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dennis Port	Provincetown
Drove alone	76.8%	37.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.9%	1.8%
Walked	5.9%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	32.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dennis Port	Provincetown
1-unit, detached	77.9%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	36.5%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	13.1%
20 or more units	4.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dennis Port	Provincetown
Poverty rate	18.9%	11.4%
Average household size	1.85	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1961	1954