Cost of living in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts has about 2,909 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $454,500.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Barnstable County is $2,488 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Buzzards Bay. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Barnstable Town, MA metro area, prices sit at 98.4 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Massachusetts taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.3% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Buzzards Bay's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Massachusetts home paid 30.49¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Buzzards Bay's bill.

For the week of October 12, 2026, EIA's all-grades gasoline price in Massachusetts was $4.439 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,130.72 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Massachusetts shares this price.

Among 203 places we list in Massachusetts with a rent figure, 123 have higher typical rent than Buzzards Bay.