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About Barnstable
Town in Massachusetts, United StatesBarnstable ( BARN-stə-bəl) is a town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and the county seat of Barnstable County. Barnstable is the largest community, both in land area and population, on Cape Cod, and is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipalities that have been granted city forms of government by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts but wish to retain "the town of" in their official names. At the 2020 census it had a population of 48,916. The town contains several villages (one of which is also named Barnstable) within its boundaries. Its largest village, Hyannis, is the central business district of the Cape, and home to Barnstable Municipal Airport, the airline hub of Cape Cod and the islands of…
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Housing in Barnstable
The typical Barnstable home is worth about $719,000, up 1.5% in a year, 9% above the Massachusetts typical home.
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Safety in Barnstable
Safety Grade C+
Barnstable reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 62% report less.
Schools in Barnstable
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The public schools Barnstable’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 74% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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