Barnstable Town, Massachusetts

Barnstable Town population, 2020 to 2024

Barnstable Town added 959 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -127. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Barnstable Town is 1.1 times that size.

Barnstable Town covers 59.93 square miles of land and 16.54 of water, for 831 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Barnstable Town is less dense than the typical town.

What county Barnstable Town is in

All of Barnstable Town's residents live in Barnstable County, which had 232,570 residents in 2024. Barnstable Town holds 21.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Barnstable Town

10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Barnstable Town by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02601, 02630, 02632, 02635, 02637, 02647, 02648, 02655, 02668, 02672. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Barnstable Town is

The Census internal point of Barnstable Town is at 41.661500, -70.357000. Boston, the capital, is 60.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Bedford, MA (101,318 people), 30.0 miles away.

Daylight in Barnstable Town

At 41.66° N, Barnstable Town gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Barnstable Town

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is New Bedford, 30.0 miles away, with 101,318 people.