North Falmouth, Massachusetts
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North Falmouth is a census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County
Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Barnstable County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, consisting of Cape Cod and associated islands. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,902...

, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, United States
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. The population was 3,355 at the 2000 census. North Falmouth has many beaches, although most are private beach communities. Old Silver Beach is a public beach off of Quaker Road. New Silver Beach
New Silver Beach
New Silver Beach is a beach and community of the same name. It is located on Massachusetts's famous Cape Cod in the census-designated place of North Falmouth, in the town of Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States...

, Sea Scape Beach, and Wild Harbor Estates Beach are examples of the small, private beach communities.

Geography

North Falmouth is located at 41.644588°N 70.630447°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 17.3 km² (6.7 mi²). 10.2 km² (4.0 mi²) of it is land and 7.0 km² (2.7 mi²) of it (40.63%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 3,355 people, 1,364 households, and 975 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 327.9/km² (848.4/mi²). There were 2,393 housing units at an average density of 233.9/km² (605.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.95% White, 1.04% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.83% Asian, 0.92% from other races
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, and 1.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.92% of the population.

There were 1,364 households out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.5% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 20.8% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 20.7% from 25 to 44, 31.4% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $57,841, and the median income for a family was $74,458. Males had a median income of $53,125 versus $35,417 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the CDP was $31,462. About 2.9% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.3% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over.
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