Nantucket County, Massachusetts

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,879 68.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,467 17.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,361 9.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 251 1.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 390 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 127 0.9%

• Under 18 2,975 20.5%
• 18–24 979 6.8%
• 25–44 3,949 27.3%
• 45–64 4,253 29.4%
• 65 and over 2,327 16.1%

Median household income

$117,877

90% interval $105,184–$130,570

+$13,308 vs MA · 3rd of 14

Below poverty line

6.5%

90% interval 4.8%–8.2%

−3.3 pp vs MA · 13th of 14

Unemployment (12-mo)

8.1%

+3.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.1B

0.27% of state

Avg. annual pay

$82,938

Establishments

1,375

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,344 15.5%
• Professional & business services 1,277 14.7%
• Education & health services 658 7.6%
• Public administration 334 3.9%

The sectors listed cover 41.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.8%

+9.3 pp vs MA · 4th of 14

Median gross rent

$2,213

+$451 vs MA · 1st of 14

Owner-occupied

3,770

Renter-occupied

1,482

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 38% 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 1.5× the lowest ($110,488 vs $73,056/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 4,784 67.6%
• Republican 2,171 30.7%
• Other / third-party 127 1.8%

• Spanish 1,679 12.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 395 2.9%
• Korean 130 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 96 0.7%
• Tagalog 77 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 24 0.2%
• Chinese 13 0.1%
• Arabic 1 0.0%

Households

5,252

Family households

3,873

73.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,247

32.2% of families

Single-mother families

335

8.6% of families

Veterans

703

6.1% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 3,219 22.6%
• Mainline Protestant 884 6.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 323 2.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 219 1.5%

Health insured

92.2%

±5.2 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

9.7%

±3.1 pp

14th of 14

Bachelor's or higher

56.3%

±7.1 pp

+9.0 pp vs MA · 3rd of 14

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

3.9%

90% interval 3.4%–4.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Nantucket 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

Nantucket

Traffic fatalities

1

8.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1