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PROVI NCETOWN
S TAT S
42 .0 5 8 ° N 70.1 7 9 ° W
FORM OF
G O V E R N M E N T:
Open town meeting, Town Manager,
Board of Selectmen
1727
I N C O R P O R AT E D
2,730
T O TA L P O P U L AT I O N
actors, and artists enamored of the serene and scenic
location, and residents attracted by the open-minded
aura, Provincetown has amalgamated into a relaxed yet
cosmopolitan town on the outermost end of Cape Cod.
Tourism is a major industry in Provincetown with numerous
hotels, inns, and bed and breakfasts nestled in among the
many art galleries, casual and fine-dining restaurants, bars,
boutiques, and souvenir shops on Commercial Street and
beyond. In Provincetown’s deep-water harbor is where
you find the busy MacMillian Pier, the transportation hub
of Provincetown, with high-speed ferries to Boston, fishing
vessels, recreational craft and whale-watching boats coming
and going regularly.
Songbirds abound in Beech Forest Trail, a one-mile
1,570
F A M I LY
HOUSEHOLDS
1.7
AV E R A G E
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
79%
OWNER OCCUPIED
UNITS
walking trail that loops through a picturesque beech
forest preserve filled with small ponds covered
with lilies and lined with reeds and other marsh
vegetation.
Waterview apartments, condos, and smaller historic homes
are clustered in the commercial district, while more spacious
single-family homes can be found on the tree-lined side
street neighborhoods. Bustling with visitors from across the
country and the world in the summertime, when the clubs
and cafes come to life, Provincetown is a much quieter and
earnest community in the off-season.
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EARNINGS
$58,313
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD
INCOME
$58,739
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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