Edgartown vs Oak Bluffs

A side-by-side comparison of Edgartown and Oak Bluffs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Bluffs has the higher population (1,357 vs 752 in Edgartown). Since 2019, Edgartown's population has grown faster (+48.0% vs -22.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Edgartown	Oak Bluffs
Population	752	1,357
Median age	63.4 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$59,082
Median home value	—	$1,013,900
Housing units	984	2,273
Homeownership rate	86.4%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgartown	Oak Bluffs
Population	508 → 752 (+48.0%)	1,745 → 1,357 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $53,625 (-8.7%)	$65,051 → $59,082 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$904,500 → $905,200 (+0.1%)	$664,100 → $1,013,900 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,913 → $1,719 (-10.1%)

Edgartown

Population

508752

Median household income

$58,750$53,625

Median home value

$904,500$905,200

Oak Bluffs

Population

1,7451,357

Median household income

$65,051$59,082

Median home value

$664,100$1,013,900

Median gross rent

$1,913$1,719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgartown	Oak Bluffs
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.8%
18 to 24	0.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.5%	4.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	26.5%
55 to 64	58.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	1.1%	23.7%
75 and over	39.2%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgartown	Oak Bluffs
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.6%
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	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgartown	Oak Bluffs
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	19.3%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgartown	Oak Bluffs
Drove alone	63.3%	49.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.4%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	16.2%
Other means	14.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgartown	Oak Bluffs
1-unit, detached	84.2%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgartown	Oak Bluffs
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.1%
Average household size	2.55	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	1950	1938