Barnstable Town, MA Metro Area
The Barnstable Town, MA metro area is one county in Massachusetts: Barnstable County. About 233,539 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.0% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 233,539 2.0% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Barnstable County
- Land area
- 394 sq mi (1,021 km²)
- Time zone
- Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
- State
- Massachusetts
- Combined statistical area
- Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH
- CBSA code
- 12700
The county in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Barnstable County | Central | 233,539 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Barnstable Town49,568 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 6 areas in this one, largest first:
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area5,034,221 people
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area1,708,161 people
- Worcester, MA Metro Area888,502 people
- Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area433,415 people
- Concord, NH Micro Area158,078 people
- Laconia, NH Micro Area65,147 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Vineyard Haven, MA Micro Area19 mi southwest
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area58 mi northwest
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