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WELLFLEET
S TAT S
41 ° 56’ 15” N 70 ° 02’00” W ’
FORM OF
G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town
Administrator, Board of Selectmen
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I N C O R P O R AT E D
3,617
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
For many people, Wellfleet is synonymous with oysters.
The clear, salty waters and rich tidal flats of Wellfleet Harbor
have been producing tasty bivalve treasures for centuries.
An important part of the town’s economy from its earliest
settlements in the 1600s through today, the Wellfleet oyster—
and other locally harvested and farmed shellfish—drives both
tourism and the town’s culinary culture.
Duck Harbor is one of few bay beaches in town
that is not located on Wellfleet Harbor. This
usually uncrowded spot has gentle dunes, warm
1,598
F A M I LY
HOUSEHOLDS
2.3
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water, and a beautiful view of Provincetown. Its
rocky sand gets partially covered at high tide,
making the beach area smaller at times, but
the sunsets are spectacular, as the glowing sun
seems to drop right into Cape Cod Bay.
Approximately half of Wellfleet falls within the resplendent
Cape Cod National Seashore, and the town is also home
to the pristine Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wellfleet
Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, whose more than 1,000 acres of
panoramic salt marsh, sandy barrier beach, and pine woodlands
attract hundreds of species of songbirds, shore birds, and
other wildlife. Residents of Wellfleet have long embraced
conservation efforts to protect hundreds of acres from future
development, lending the town a quaint rural character. Home
to the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, Wellfleet has a significant
number of contemporary structures, as well as iconic Cape Cod
cottages, historic downtown homes and houses overlooking
the bay and ocean.
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85%
OWNER OCCUPIED
UNITS
EARNINGS
$74,639
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD
INCOME
$40,837
P E R C A P I TA
INCOME
Courtesy of U.S. Census, American
Community Survey Program, Estimates
for 2019
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