About Eastham

Eastham is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 5,453 people and just one neighborhood, Eastham is the 245th largest community in Massachusetts.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Eastham is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Eastham is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Eastham who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.92%), sales jobs (13.88%), and management occupations (6.85%).

Eastham is a major vacation destination. Much of the town's population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependant on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Eastham's population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Eastham are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Being a small town, Eastham does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Eastham Information and Demographics

The citizens of Eastham are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.28% of adults in Eastham have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Eastham in 2000 was $24,642, which is middle income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,568 for a family of four.

The people who call Eastham home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Eastham is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Eastham include Irish, English, Italian, German, French, Scotch-Irish, Polish, Scottish, Swedish, and Portuguese.

The most common language spoken in Eastham is English.