Barnstable Town, MA

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2503600, place: Barnstable Town city, Massachusetts)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 38,617 (100%)
In labor force: 23,901 (61.89%)
--Civilian labor force: 23,810 (61.66%)
----Employed: 22,677 (58.72%)
----Unemployed: 1,133 (2.93%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 4.8%
--Armed Forces: 91 (0.24%)
Not in labor force: 14,716 (38.11%)
Females 16 years and over: 20,433 (52.91%)
In labor force: 11,383 (29.48%)
--Civilian labor force: 11,379 (29.47%)
----Employed: 10,938 (28.32%)
Own children under 6 years: 3,059 (7.92%)
All parents in family in labor force: 1,960 (5.08%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 22,161 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 17,799 (80.32%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 2,007 (9.06%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 363 (1.64%)
Walked: 596 (2.69%)
Other means: 340 (1.53%)
Worked at home: 1,056 (4.77%)
Mean travel time to work: 23.7 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 22,677 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 8,016 (35.35%)
Service occupations: 4,536 (20%)
Sales and office occupations: 5,915 (26.08%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 83 (0.37%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 2,381 (10.5%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 1,746 (7.7%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 88 (0.39%)
Construction: 2,111 (9.31%)
Manufacturing: 1,071 (4.72%)
Wholesale trade.: 478 (2.11%)
Retail trade: 3,336 (14.71%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 1,046 (4.61%)
Information: 658 (2.9%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 1,256 (5.54%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 1,973 (8.7%)
Educational, health and social services: 5,356 (23.62%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 2,868 (12.65%)
Other services (except public administration): 1,317 (5.81%)
Public administration: 1,119 (4.93%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 16,967 (74.82%)
Government workers: 2,874 (12.67%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 2,746 (12.11%)
Unpaid family workers: 90 (0.4%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 19,647 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 1,383 (7.04%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 1,253 (6.38%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 2,199 (11.19%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 2,437 (12.4%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 3,154 (16.05%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 4,237 (21.57%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 2,309 (11.75%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 1,584 (8.06%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 399 (2.03%)
$200,000 or more: 692 (3.52%)
Median household income: $46,811

With earnings: 14,634 (74.48%)
--Mean earnings: $59,924
With Social Security income: 6,886 (35.05%)
--Mean Social Security income: $11,979
With Supplemental Security Income: 858 (4.37%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,176
With public assistance income: 333 (1.69%)
--Mean public assistance income: $3,612
With retirement income: 4,599 (23.41%)
--Mean retirement income: $18,451

Families: 13,113 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 564 (4.3%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 417 (3.18%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 1,126 (8.59%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 1,515 (11.55%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 2,246 (17.13%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 3,124 (23.82%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 1,862 (14.2%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 1,336 (10.19%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 353 (2.69%)
$200,000 or more: 570 (4.35%)
Median family income: $54,026

Per capita income: $25,554

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $41,494
Female full-time, year-round workers: $30,442

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 830 (6.33%)
--With related children under 18 years: 655 (5%)
----With related children under 5 years: 278 (2.12%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 488 (3.72%)
--With related children under 18 years: 448 (3.42%)
----With related children under 5 years: 198 (1.51%)
Individuals: 4,173 (31.82%)
--18 years and over: 2,898 (22.1%)
----65 years and over: 564 (4.3%)
--Related children under 18 years: 1,199 (9.14%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 917 (6.99%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 1,739 (13.26%)

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