housing costs · Massachusetts
Housing costs in Barnstable County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,678 | ± $60 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,596 | ± $55 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,536 | ± $52 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,408 | ± $50 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $629,000 | ± $7,027 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $575,900 | ± $9,649 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $519,100 | ± $10,402 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $445,500 | ± $5,934 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 34.4 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 34.5 % | ± 1.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 33.7 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 33.3 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Barnstable County is $1,678, above the Massachusetts median of $1,552 across 14 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.