† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBarnstable Town, MAMassachusettsUnited States
Irish25.2%18.6%9.4%
English16.7%9.7%9.5%
Italian11.2%11.1%4.8%
German8.1%5.4%12.5%
French4.2%4.7%1.6%
American3.8%3.3%5.3%
Portuguese3.6%2.3%—
Scottish3.4%—1.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%4.6%1.8%
Mexican0.6%0.8%11.3%
Dominican0.3%2.7%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.6%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.2%0.3%—
Venezuelan0.2%——
Jamaican1.4%0.5%0.4%
Cape Verdean0.7%0.9%—
Haitian0.3%1.1%0.3%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Chinese0.5%2.5%1.3%
Nepalese0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Barnstable Town, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
55.4
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.6%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
33.2%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Barnstable Town, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$95,241
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.7%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
48.2%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Barnstable Town, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.8%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
9.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
4.9%
6.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Barnstable Town, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
23.9%
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
2.6%
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.8%
51.4%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.3%
3.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Barnstable Town, MA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−44.2%
1896
−76.4%
1900
−62.0%
1904
−58.5%
1908
−58.4%
1912
+1.5%
1916
−19.5%
1920
−69.5%
1924
−75.2%
1928
−54.4%
1932
−41.7%
1936
−40.0%
1940
−40.3%
1944
−40.0%
1948
−51.4%
1952
−61.4%
1956
−66.7%
1960
−25.4%
1964
+14.1%
1968
−18.4%
1972
−23.1%
1976
−11.0%
1980
−21.3%
1984
−14.3%
1988
−0.9%
1992
+11.7%
1996
+17.2%
2000
+10.5%
2004
+10.3%
2008
+14.0%
2012
+7.8%
2016
+13.3%
2020
+24.2%
2024
+20.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.2%Harris88,129
38.6%Trump57,451
0.6%Others936 +5
D+20.6
R+3.6
D+22.1
148,785
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic59.2%88,129
Donald J TrumpRepublican38.6%57,451
All OthersIndependent0.6%936
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%684
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%670
Ayyadurai EllisIndependent0.4%666
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.2%248
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%1
D
60.7%Biden91,994
36.5%Trump55,311
2.8%
D+24.2
D+10.9
D+19.8
151,512
D
52.5%Clinton72,430
39.2%Trump54,099
8.3%
D+13.3
D+5.5
D+11.2
137,912
D
53.2%Obama70,822
45.4%Romney60,446
1.4%
D+7.8
R+6.2
D+3.9
133,115
D
56.1%Obama74,264
42.1%McCain55,694
1.7%
D+14.0
D+3.7
D+6.8
132,270
D
54.6%Kerry72,156
44.3%Bush58,527
1.1%
D+10.3
R+0.2
D+12.8
132,148
D
51.5%Gore62,363
41.0%Bush49,686
7.5%
D+10.5
R+6.8
D+10.0
121,086
D
53.5%Clinton59,223
36.3%Dole40,144
10.3%
D+17.2
D+5.6
D+8.7
110,737
D
42.8%Clinton46,641
31.1%Bush33,916
26.1%
D+11.7
D+12.6
D+6.1
108,997
R
48.8%Dukakis48,747
49.7%Bush49,676
1.5%
R+0.9
D+13.4
D+6.8
99,872
R
42.7%Mondale38,369
57.0%Reagan51,261
0.4%
R+14.3
D+7.0
D+3.9
89,951
R
29.1%Carter23,952
50.4%Reagan41,493
20.5%
R+21.3
R+10.3
R+11.6
82,273
R
42.8%Carter31,268
53.7%Ford39,295
3.5%
R+11.0
D+12.1
R+13.0
73,117
R
38.1%McGovern22,636
61.1%Nixon36,340
0.8%
R+23.1
R+4.7
D+0.1
59,442
R
39.2%Humphrey16,546
57.6%Nixon24,296
3.1%
R+18.4
R+32.4
R+17.7
42,162
D
56.9%Johnson20,101
42.8%Goldwater15,133
0.3%
D+14.1
D+39.5
R+8.5
35,355
R
37.2%Kennedy12,423
62.6%Nixon20,900
0.1%
R+25.4
D+41.3
R+25.6
33,372
R
16.6%Stevenson4,672
83.2%Eisenhower23,472
0.2%
R+66.7
R+5.2
R+51.3
28,202
R
19.2%Stevenson4,984
80.6%Eisenhower20,943
0.2%
R+61.4
R+10.1
R+50.7
25,971
R
23.7%Truman4,616
75.1%Dewey14,633
1.2%
R+51.4
R+11.4
R+55.9
19,490
R
29.9%Roosevelt4,938
69.9%Dewey11,543
0.3%
R+40.0
D+0.4
R+47.5
16,525
R
29.5%Roosevelt5,351
69.9%Willkie12,659
0.6%
R+40.3
R+0.4
R+50.3
18,118
R
28.8%Roosevelt4,751
68.8%Landon11,337
2.4%
R+40.0
D+1.8
R+64.2
16,485
R
28.3%Roosevelt3,829
70.1%Hoover9,476
1.6%
R+41.7
D+12.6
R+59.5
13,527
R
22.6%Smith2,899
77.0%Hoover9,886
0.5%
R+54.4
D+20.8
R+36.9
12,845
R
10.3%Davis881
85.5%Coolidge7,333
4.2%
R+75.2
R+5.7
R+50.0
8,577
R
14.9%Cox1,125
84.4%Harding6,383
0.7%
R+69.5
R+50.0
R+43.3
7,562
R
39.1%Wilson1,892
58.7%Hughes2,836
2.2%
R+19.5
R+21.0
R+22.7
4,833
O
26.6%Wilson1,322
25.1%Taft1,249
48.3%
Roosevelt +21.7
D+59.9
R+18.1
4,975
R
17.9%Bryan777
76.3%Taft3,312
5.8%
R+58.4
D+0.1
R+48.8
4,341
R
19.2%Parker900
77.7%Roosevelt3,638
3.1%
R+58.5
D+3.5
R+38.8
4,681
R
17.7%Bryan749
79.7%McKinley3,372
2.6%
R+62.0
D+14.3
R+54.5
4,229
R
10.0%Bryan517
86.4%McKinley4,456
3.6%
R+76.4
R+32.1
R+70.3
5,158
R
26.2%Cleveland1,373
70.5%Harrison3,688
3.3%
R+44.2
—
R+45.9
5,232
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
55.3%81,395
44.6%65,709
147,287
2020
D
60.5%89,977
39.0%57,965
148,732
2018
D
53.0%62,670
43.8%51,810
118,171
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025D+9.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+20.6
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 11 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Barnstable Town, MA in Barnstable Town, MA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+480
2012
+235
2013
+866
2014
+765
2015
+717
2016
+644
2017
+1,006
2018
+934
2019
+616
2021
+6,242
2022
+834
2023
+642
2024
+235
2025
+547
Barnstable Town anchors Cape Cod's retirement-heavy, tourism-driven economy, producing an older, white electorate that has shifted measurably toward competitive margins in federal races after decades of reliable Republican lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.2 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 76.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.6 points.
A population of 231,668, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,241 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Portland-South Portland, ME and Truckee-Grass Valley, CA.
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How did Barnstable Town, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Barnstable Town, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 20.6 points (D+20.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 148,785 votes cast, 88,129 went Democratic and 57,451 went Republican.
When did Barnstable Town, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Barnstable Town, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Barnstable Town, MA, Massachusetts?
Barnstable Town, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 231,668 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Barnstable Town, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Barnstable Town, MA, Massachusetts is $95,241 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Barnstable Town, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Barnstable Town, MA, Massachusetts from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
