Barnstable Town, MA
Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Barnstable Town ranks 60th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 67th for income. A household earns $87,925 a year while median rent runs $1,577/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 2% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is health (3rd of 300), while home prices is the soft spot (286th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 226th and home prices 286th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Barnstable Town, your take-home is worth about $58,529 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 67th of 300↑3.4%$87,925
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 202nd of 30098 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $89,399
- Per-capita income
- $61,019
- Full-time pay
- $51,343
Housing
- Median rent
- 226th of 300↑20.8%$1,577/mo
- Home value
- 286th of 300↑69.1%$692,900
- Property tax
- $4,338/yr · 0.6%
- Sales tax
- 6.25%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 240th of 3005.5%
- Bachelor's+
- 18th of 30050.5%
- Avg commute
- 175th of 30024.8 min
People
- Population
- 232,570
- Population change
- +9.2%
- Median age
- 56.1 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 8.4%
- Broadband
- 94.9%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 23rd of 30036
- Natural-hazard loss
- 118th of 300$11/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 3rd of 30013.4%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 4.1%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
- + Education
- + Air quality
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Job market
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — hyannis barnstable muni ap.
What jobs pay in Barnstable Town
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $279,160
- IT managers
- $177,300
- Financial managers
- $156,010
- Pharmacists
- $150,850
- Software developers
- $133,690
- Lawyers
- $122,640
- Registered nurses
- $103,380
- Secondary school teachers
- $101,120
- General & operations managers
- $100,590
- Elementary school teachers
- $100,320
- Civil engineers
- $96,680
- Accountants & auditors
- $96,110
- Web developers
- $80,460
- Police officers
- $80,210
- Electricians
- $78,570
- Plumbers
- $76,270
- Carpenters
- $70,580
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $62,740
- Construction laborers
- $60,040
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $57,610
- Customer service reps
- $47,880
- Janitors
- $44,820
- Waiters & waitresses
- $38,380
- Retail salespersons
- $36,790
- Cashiers
- $36,640
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Barnstable Town metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Massachusetts are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Florida799
- California553
- New York459
- New Jersey442
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Barnstable Town metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Barnstable Town metro?
- Median gross rent across the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area is $1,577 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Barnstable Town.
- What is the median household income in the Barnstable Town metro?
- A typical household in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area earns $87,925 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Barnstable Town expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area runs about 2% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Barnstable Town metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $89,399 (versus its face value of $87,925). CityLedger rates the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Barnstable Town metro?
- The median home value across the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area is $692,900 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Barnstable Town metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area is 5.5% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).