About Mattapoisett

Mattapoisett is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 6,268 people and just one neighborhood, Mattapoisett is the 230th largest community in Massachusetts.

Mattapoisett is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.42% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mattapoisett is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mattapoisett who work in management occupations (16.15%), sales jobs (13.58%), and healthcare (11.49%).

In addition, Mattapoisett is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Mattapoisett is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Mattapoisett really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Mattapoisett perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Mattapoisett are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities. This is certainly the case with Mattapoisett, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

Mattapoisett is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Mattapoisett, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.53% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Mattapoisett is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Mattapoisett Information and Demographics

The education level of Mattapoisett citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 42.90% of adults in Mattapoisett have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mattapoisett in 2000 was $28,050, which is upper middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,200 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Mattapoisett is English.