Cost of living in Barnstable County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,488 a month.
That HUD number covers Barnstable County, Massachusetts, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,889
- 1 bed
- $1,902
- 2 bed
- $2,488
- 3 bed
- $3,121
- 4 bed
- $3,721
This county is in the Barnstable Town, MA area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 98.4 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Barnstable Town · 49,568 people
- South Yarmouth · 11,552 people
- East Falmouth · 6,245 people
- West Yarmouth · 6,194 people
- Yarmouth Port · 5,961 people
- East Harwich · 5,654 people
- Sagamore · 4,072 people
- Falmouth · 3,954 people
- Northwest Harwich · 3,932 people
- East Sandwich · 3,864 people
- Forestdale · 3,801 people
- Dennis Port · 3,691 people
- Provincetown · 3,452 people
- Monument Beach · 3,277 people
- South Dennis · 3,135 people
- East Dennis · 3,062 people
- Buzzards Bay · 2,909 people
- Sandwich · 2,890 people
- North Falmouth · 2,838 people
- West Dennis · 2,556 people
- Dennis · 2,424 people
- Pocasset · 2,247 people
- Harwich Port · 2,238 people
- North Eastham · 2,085 people
- Brewster · 1,994 people
- Bourne · 1,806 people
- Harwich Center · 1,774 people
- Teaticket · 1,759 people
- Chatham · 1,600 people
- Orleans · 1,480 people
- West Falmouth · 1,325 people
- West Chatham · 1,258 people