Housing density: 121 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $590,409.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,313 (lower quartile is $799, upper quartile is $1,583)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,329
Median gross rent in Truro, MA in 2022: $1,420
Housing units in Truro with a mortgage: 363 (17 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 291
In family households: 166,746 (39,293 male householders, 19,431 female householders)
46,263 spouses, 49,194 children (46,119 natural, 1,413 adopted, 1,662 stepchildren), 2,708 grandchildren, 1,389 brothers or sisters, 1,739 parents, foster children, 1,437 other relatives, 4,251 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 45,181 (14,943 male householders (11,462 living alone)), 22,088 female householders (18,982 living alone)), 8,150 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 3,961 (2,283 institutionalized population)
31,865 married couples with children.
10,220 single-parent households (1,900 men, 8,320 women).
96.5% of residents of Truro speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 133 (6.1%)
(68.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Truro, Massachusetts
251995 to March 2000
41990 to 1994
51985 to 1989
111980 to 1984
01975 to 1979
11970 to 1974
01965 to 1969
24Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Portuguese: 537 (19.1%)
English: 518 (18.5%)
Irish: 430 (15.3%)
German: 247 (8.8%)
Other: 220 (7.8%)
Italian: 159 (5.7%)
French: 148 (5.3%)
Scottish: 99 (3.5%)
United States: 73 (2.6%)
Polish: 60 (2.1%)
Swedish: 52 (1.9%)
Russian: 49 (1.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (1.2%)
French Canadian: 31 (1.1%)
Welsh: 31 (1.1%)
Dutch: 30 (1.1%)
Danish: 24 (0.9%)
Czech: 20 (0.7%)
Greek: 18 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.3%)
Swiss: 4 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.04%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Canada
Truro:
25.7% (18)
Massachusetts:
5.2% (40,247)
India
Truro:
10.0% (7)
Massachusetts:
3.6% (28,086)
United Kingdom
Truro:
8.6% (6)
Massachusetts:
3.3% (25,403)
France
Truro:
8.6% (6)
Massachusetts:
0.8% (5,895)
Brazil
Truro:
8.6% (6)
Massachusetts:
4.7% (36,669)
Italy
Truro:
7.1% (5)
Massachusetts:
3.7% (28,319)
Portugal
Truro:
5.7% (4)
Massachusetts:
8.6% (66,627)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Truro:
4.3% (3)
Massachusetts:
5.1% (39,255)
Peru
Truro:
4.3% (3)
Massachusetts:
0.5% (3,834)
Sweden
Truro:
2.9% (2)
Massachusetts:
0.3% (2,135)
Greece
Truro:
2.9% (2)
Massachusetts:
1.7% (12,975)
Yugoslavia
Truro:
2.9% (2)
Massachusetts:
0.2% (1,273)
Colombia
Truro:
2.9% (2)
Massachusetts:
2.0% (15,286)
Ecuador
Truro:
2.9% (2)
Massachusetts:
0.4% (3,066)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 1,105
Other state: 892
Northeast: 643
Midwest: 87
South: 103
West: 59
64% of Truro residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Massachusetts.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 11
9th grade: 4
10th grade: 8
11th grade: 10
12th grade, no diploma: 21
High school graduate (or equivalency): 211
Less than 1 year of college: 24
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 112
Associate degree: 44
Bachelor's degree: 185
Master's degree: 57
Professional school degree: 15
Doctorate degree: 8
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 5
9th grade: 8
10th grade: 9
11th grade: 12
12th grade, no diploma: 29
High school graduate (or equivalency): 257
Less than 1 year of college: 35
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 95
Associate degree: 72
Bachelor's degree: 260
Master's degree: 112
Professional school degree: 9
Doctorate degree: 13
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 2,332
One, attached: 33
Two: 48
3 or 4: 39
5 to 9: 17
10 to 19: 54
20 to 49: 33
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.9%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.1%