Monument Beach vs Provincetown

A side-by-side comparison of Monument Beach and Provincetown: population, income, housing, and more.

Monument Beach 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 3,067 in Monument Beach). Provincetown has the higher median household income ($123,456 vs $86,953 in Monument Beach). Provincetown has the higher median home value ($786,900 vs $540,600 in Monument Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Monument Beach	Provincetown
Population	3,067	3,466
Median age	46.9 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,953	$123,456
Median home value	$540,600	$786,900
Median gross rent	$1,723	$1,331
Housing units	1,742	4,542
Homeownership rate	76.4%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monument Beach	Provincetown
Population	2,807 → 3,067 (+9.3%)	2,730 → 3,466 (+27.0%)
Median household income	$73,860 → $86,953 (+17.7%)	$58,313 → $123,456 (+111.7%)
Median home value	$397,700 → $540,600 (+35.9%)	$626,300 → $786,900 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,474 → $1,723 (+16.9%)	$1,202 → $1,331 (+10.7%)

Monument Beach

Population

2,8073,067

Median household income

$73,860$86,953

Median home value

$397,700$540,600

Median gross rent

$1,474$1,723

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)

	Monument Beach	Provincetown
Under 5	5.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.8%	4.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	1.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	3.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	29.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	15.1%
75 and over	10.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monument Beach	Provincetown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monument Beach	Provincetown
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	18.9%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monument Beach	Provincetown
Drove alone	83.1%	37.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.7%
Public transit	1.1%	1.8%
Walked	4.2%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.1%
Worked from home	5.9%	32.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monument Beach	Provincetown
1-unit, detached	77.0%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	36.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monument Beach	Provincetown
Poverty rate	3.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.19	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1983	1954