Seasonal homes are not spread evenly within a state, resulting in considerable differences in the seasonality amongst the local economies.
Of 3,143 counties nationwide, fewer than 300 have at least 20 percent of their housing stock in seasonal homes. Hamilton County, New York fewer leads the nation with 75%, followed by Forest County, PA (74%) and Alpine County, CA (70%). Barnstable County’s 36% ranks it 82nd.
Top 10 Finishes
Barnstable County is 7th in the nation in the absolute number of seasonal homes and 5th for ratio of seasonal homes to land area. Presently 36% of the housing units on the Cape are seasonal, up from 32% in 2000. In the 1960s, before the significant population and residential construction booms of the 1970s and 80s, 50% of the housing stock in Barnstable County was seasonal units.
What do economies with significant proportion of their housing stock in seasonal homes have in common? How do we compare? These are some of the questions we will try to address in the second part of this series.
Would you like to see how we compare against any county in the country? Use the interactive map below.
- Each square represents a US county (3,143 total), ordered by rank for the chosen 'Order by' field. Rankings read left-to-right and top-to-bottom. The higher the block, the higher the rank. Barnstable County will always be colored red.
- County data from the map or grid will be appear in the top right corner of the chart.
- The red value represents the hovered county's rank against all US counties for the selected variable.
- Click the 'Order by' buttons to show rankings by different metrics.
- Click the 'Display by' buttons to change the chart from individual counties to state groupings.
- Find a specific county using the drop down menus above the map. The selected county will be highlighted blue in the map and chart.
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How does Cape Cod compare against other counties within Massachusetts? Click on the Massachusetts Counties tab to discover where we stand.
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Data source: US Census Bureau
