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Population (year 2000): 1,716
Males: 764  (44.5%)
Females: 952  (55.5%)

Barnstable County

Median resident age:  53.7 years
Massachusetts median age:  36.5 years

Zip codes: 02653.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,800 (it was $30,238 in 2000)
Orleans  $35,800
Massachusetts:  $57,184

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $403,000 (it was $179,900 in 2000)
Orleans  $403,000
Massachusetts:  $361,500

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Races in Orleans:

  • White Non-Hispanic (95.8%)
  • Hispanic (1.9%)
  • Two or more races (1.2%)
  • American Indian (0.6%)
  • Black (0.5%)

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Ancestries: English (25.9%), Irish (20.8%), German (15.8%), Italian (10.1%), French (6.6%), Scottish (6.2%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1797

Elevation: 60 feet

Land area: 2.29 square miles.

Population density: 748 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Orleans

  • High school or higher: 92.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 33.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 13.9%
  • Unemployed: 0.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 14.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Orleans CDP

  • Never married: 24.3%
  • Now married: 48.5%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 16.6%
  • Divorced: 9.7%

103 residents are foreign born (1.8% Europe, 1.7% Latin America, 1.5% North America, 1.0% Asia).

This place:  6.0%
Massachusetts:  12.2%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Orleans:  0.7% ($1,257)
Massachusetts:  1.3% ($2,336)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Plymouth, MA (43.6 miles , pop. 51,701).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (83.6 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Queens, NY (273.0 miles , pop. 2,229,379).

Nearest cities: Eastham, MA (3.6 miles ), North Eastham, MA (4.3 miles ), Brewster, MA (5.7 miles ), East Harwich, MA (6.1 miles ), Chatham, MA (7.2 miles ), West Chatham, MA (7.5 miles ), Chatham, MA (8.0 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 56 buildings, average cost: $165,200
  • 1997: 53 buildings, average cost: $212,600
  • 1998: 57 buildings, average cost: $225,700
  • 1999: 69 buildings, average cost: $256,700
  • 2000: 48 buildings, average cost: $309,600
  • 2001: 36 buildings, average cost: $324,000
  • 2002: 44 buildings, average cost: $292,300
  • 2003: 45 buildings, average cost: $349,200
  • 2004: 38 buildings, average cost: $413,400
  • 2005: 27 buildings, average cost: $463,900
  • 2006: 23 buildings, average cost: $493,000
  • 2007: 21 buildings, average cost: $181,200

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Latitude: 41.79 N, Longitude: 70.00 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: +1,809 (+105.4%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 241 (34.4%)


49 people in homes for the mentally ill
4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Area codes: 508, 774

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Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (20%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (18%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Accommodation and food services (15%)
  • Health care (8%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Carpenters (12%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Lawyers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Cashiers (4%)
  • Engineers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (15%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (12%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (11%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)


Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 27 (21 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  12.24
US city average:  3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Orleans:
  • CAPE COD HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; HYANNIS, MA)
  • REHAB HOSP OF THE CAPE AND ISLANDS (about 31 miles; EAST SANDWICH, MA)
  • NANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL (about 36 miles; NANTUCKET, MA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Orleans:
  • BARNSTABLE MUNI-BOARDMAN/POLANDO FIELD (about 21 miles; HYANNIS, MA; ID: HYA)
  • NANTUCKET MEMORIAL (about 38 miles; NANTUCKET, MA; ID: ACK)
  • MARTHAS VINEYARD (about 51 miles; VINEYARD HAVEN, MA; ID: MVY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Orleans:
  • CHATHAM MUNI (about 8 miles; CHATHAM, MA; ID: CQX)
  • PROVINCETOWN MUNI (about 25 miles; PROVINCETOWN, MA; ID: PVC)
  • CAPE COD (about 29 miles; MARSTON MILLS, MA; ID: 2B1)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Orleans:
  • BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE (about 69 miles; BRIDGEWATER, MA; Full-time enrollment: 6,843)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-DARTMOUTH (about 70 miles; NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA; FT enrollment: 6,071)
  • MASSASOIT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles; BROCKTON, MA; FT enrollment: 4,161)
  • QUINCY COLLEGE (about 77 miles; QUINCY, MA; FT enrollment: 2,528)
  • STONEHILL COLLEGE (about 78 miles; EASTON, MA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
  • SALEM STATE COLLEGE (about 80 miles; SALEM, MA; FT enrollment: 5,917)
  • BABSON COLLEGE (about 81 miles; WELLESLEY, MA; FT enrollment: 2,659)
Public elementary/middle schools in Orleans:
  • NAUSET REG MIDDLE (Students: 591; Location: 70 ROUTE 28; Grades: Primary Kindergarten Enrollment-8th grade Enrollment)
  • CAPE COD LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL (Students: 204; Location: 225 RTE 6A - BAYBERRY SQUARE; Grades: 6th grade Enrollment-8th grade Enrollment)
  • ORLEANS ELEMENTARY (Students: 199; Location: 46 ELDREDGE PKWY; Grades: Kindergarten Enrollment-5th grade Enrollment)
Library in Orleans:
  • SNOW LIBRARY (Operating income: $404,582; Location: 67 MAIN ST.; 58,758 books; 1,803 audio materials; 1,412 video materials; 96 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Orleans: Orleans Shopping Plaza (A), Rock Harbor Range Light (B), Cranberry Cove Plaza (C), Hilltop Plaza (D), French Cable Station Museum (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Center: Orleans Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Lakes and swamps: Cedar Pond (A), Boland Pond (B), Little Namskaket River Marshes (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Orleans: Eldredge Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: French Cable Station Museum in Orleans (41 South Orleans Road).

Hotels: Cove Motel at Orleans (13 South Orleans Road), Governor Prence Inn (66 Route 6A), Bed & Breakfast Cape Cod (PO Box 1312), Family House B&B (15 Pine Ridge Lane), Inn at Pleasant Bay Inc (South Orleans Road), Old Tavern Motel & Inn (RR 6 Box A), Ridgewood Motel & Cottages (10 Quanset Road), A Little Inn On Pleasant Bay (654 S Orleans Rd), Skaket Beach Motel (RR 6 Box A).

Courts: Barnstable Second District Court (Rock Harbor Road), Orleans District Court - Orleans District Court Tty Only (237 Rock Harbor # 2).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Orleans and their reported violations in the past:

ORLEANS WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 20241, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-20-1997)

Average household size:
This place:  1.9 people
Massachusetts:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  45.0%
Whole state:  64.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.0%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  6.9%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  2.4%
Whole state:  4.4%

Orleans compared to Massachusetts state average:

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  • Median house value above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage above state average.


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Banks with branches in Orleans (2007 data):
  • The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank: Orleans Branch at Rt 6a, branch established on 1998-06-30; Operations Center, Orleans Branch at 19 West Road, branch established on 1963-04-22. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,583.3 mil, Deposits: $1,350.5 mil, headquarters in Harwich Port, MA, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 17 total offices
  • Citizens Bank of Massachusetts: Orleans Branch at Post Office Square, branch established on 1972-07-10; Orleans Stop & Shop at 10 Route 6a, branch established on 2003-10-03. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $35,276.0 mil, Deposits: $23,418.1 mil, headquarters in Boston, MA, positive income, 264 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc, The
  • Sovereign Bank: Orleans Branch at 51 Main Street, branch established on 1864-01-01. Info updated 2006-12-07: Bank assets: $89,506.4 mil, Deposits: $51,244.7 mil, headquarters in Wyomissing, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 860 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
  • Bank of America, National Association: Orleans Branch at Route 28 And Cove Road, branch established on 1982-10-25. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $1,196,123.8 mil, Deposits: $759,600.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5839 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
  • Rockland Trust Company: Rt 28 At Main St Branch at 70 Main Street, branch established on 1925-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,825.3 mil, Deposits: $2,129.5 mil, headquarters in Rockland, MA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 52 total offices, Holding Company: Independent Bank Corp.
  • TD BankNorth, National Association: Orleans-Main Street Branch at 40 Main Street, branch established on 1931-02-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $39,581.7 mil, Deposits: $27,193.6 mil, headquarters in Portland, ME, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 618 total offices, Holding Company: Toronto-Dominion Bank, The



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5.20% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($70,076 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.20%
Massachusetts average:  6.31%

0.18% of residents moved from foreign countries ($744 average AGI)
Barnstable County:  0.18%
Massachusetts average:  0.28%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Plymouth County, MA  0.59% ($50,745 average AGI)
from Middlesex County, MA  0.49% ($89,656)
from Norfolk County, MA  0.41% ($87,563)


5.84% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($56,844 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.84%
Massachusetts average:  6.91%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($480 average AGI)
Barnstable County:  0.06%
Massachusetts average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Plymouth County, MA  0.62% ($63,660 average AGI)
to Middlesex County, MA  0.37% ($60,586)
to Suffolk County, MA  0.36% ($48,529)


Strongest AM radio stations in Orleans:
  • WFPB (1170 AM; daytime; 1 kW; ORLEANS, MA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS)
  • WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WWZN (1510 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WAMG (890 AM; 25 kW; DEDHAM, MA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF DEDHAM LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WBUR (1240 AM; 1 kW; WEST YARMOUTH, MA; Owner: THE EXEC. COMM. OF TRTS. BOSTON U)
  • WRCA (1330 AM; 25 kW; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: WRCA LICENSE, LLC)
  • WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Orleans:
  • WKPE-FM (104.7 FM; ORLEANS, MA; Owner: CRB WKPE LIC CORP.)
  • WFCC-FM (107.5 FM; CHATHAM, MA; Owner: CHARLES RIVER B/CING WFCC LIC. CORP.)
  • WDVT (93.5 FM; HARWICH PORT, MA; Owner: BOCH BROADCASTING, L.P.)
  • WCOD-FM (106.1 FM; HYANNIS, MA; Owner: BOCH BROADCASTING, L.P.)
  • WOCN-FM (103.9 FM; SOUTH YARMOUTH, MA; Owner: SANDAB COMMUNICATIONS LTD. PARTNERSHIP II)
  • WCCT-FM (90.3 FM; HARWICH, MA; Owner: CAPE COD REGIONAL TECH HIGH SCHOOL)
  • WXTK (95.1 FM; WEST YARMOUTH, MA; Owner: BOCH BROADCASTING LTD. PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPXC (102.9 FM; HYANNIS, MA; Owner: QANTUM OF CAPE COD LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WQRC (99.9 FM; BARNSTABLE, MA; Owner: SANDAB COMMUNICATION LTD. PNR/SHP II)
  • WCDJ (102.3 FM; TRURO, MA; Owner: TRURO WIRELESS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Orleans:
  • W08CH (Channel 8; HYANNIS, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WDPX (Channel 58; VINEYARD HAVEN, MA; Owner: PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.)
  • WMPX-LP (Channel 67; DENNIS, MA; Owner: PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.)

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