Dukes County, Massachusetts

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,741 80.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 682 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 574 2.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 309 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,810 8.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 217 1.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 600 2.9%

• Under 18 3,513 16.8%
• 18–24 878 4.2%
• 25–44 4,958 23.7%
• 45–64 6,046 28.9%
• 65 and over 5,538 26.5%

Median household income

$112,733

90% interval $104,091–$121,375

+$8,164 vs MA · 4th of 14

Below poverty line

8.5%

90% interval 6.4%–10.6%

−1.3 pp vs MA · 10th of 14

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.5%

+0.94 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.1B

0.27% of state

Avg. annual pay

$75,646

Establishments

1,456

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,770 19.5%
• Education & health services 1,071 11.8%
• Professional & business services 764 8.4%
• Public administration 574 6.3%
• Financial activities 378 4.2%

The sectors listed cover 50.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.1%

+19.6 pp vs MA · 1st of 14

Median gross rent

$1,277

−$485 vs MA · 10th of 14

Owner-occupied

6,225

Renter-occupied

1,359

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 40% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.6× the lowest ($101,569 vs $62,903/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 9,137 75.2%
• Republican 2,745 22.6%
• Other / third-party 267 2.2%

• Spanish 622 3.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 357 1.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 90 0.4%
• Tagalog 26 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 16 0.1%
• Chinese 5 0.0%

Households

7,584

Family households

4,835

63.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,048

21.7% of families

Single-mother families

381

7.9% of families

Veterans

1,072

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,980 9.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,764 8.6%
• Catholic 1,168 5.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 245 1.2%

Health insured

97.9%

±1.2 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

11.1%

±2.4 pp

11th of 14

Bachelor's or higher

51.9%

±7.2 pp

+4.6 pp vs MA · 4th of 14

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.9%

90% interval 4.2%–5.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Dukes County Superior Court

Judges

1 (Superior Court Justice base assignments per county (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 mass.gov/orgs/superior-court. Under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, Justices may be reassigned across counties by the Chief Justice of the Superior Court Department; counts here reflect typical base allocations rather than a permanently-fixed roster. Other Trial Court departments (District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Probate and Family Court, Juvenile Court, Land Court, Housing Court) handle limited-jurisdiction matters and are not counted here.)

Court seats

Edgartown

Traffic fatalities

2

11.48 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2