Editing West Chatham, Massachusetts

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|official_name            = West Chatham, Massachusetts
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
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|image_caption            = West Chatham Post Office
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|image_map                = Barnstable County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas West Chatham highlighted.svg
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable County]] and the state of [[Massachusetts]].

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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Massachusetts]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Massachusetts|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[New England town|Town]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]]
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 1619
|population_density_km2   = 213.75
|population_density_sq_mi = 553.69

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|elevation_m              = 15
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|postal_code              = 02669 (West Chatham)<br/>02633 ([[Chatham (CDP), Massachusetts|Chatham]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 508|508]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 25-75505
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0616013
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'''West Chatham''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the town of [[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]] in [[Barnstable County, Massachusetts|Barnstable County]], [[Massachusetts]], United States. The population was 1,410 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2575505| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212190648/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2575505| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): West Chatham CDP, Massachusetts| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
West Chatham is located in the southwestern part of the town of Chatham at {{Coord|41|40|50|N|69|59|15|W|type:city}} (41.680661, -69.987547).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the east by the [[Chatham (CDP), Massachusetts|Chatham]] CDP and to the southwest by [[Nantucket Sound]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the West Chatham CDP has a total area of {{convert|8.5|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|7.5|sqkm|disp=flip}}  is land, and {{convert|1.0|sqkm|disp=flip}}  (12.06%) is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 1619
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,446 people, 706 households, and 429 families residing in the CDP. The [[population density]] was 189.9/km{{sup|2}} (491.5/mi{{sup|2}}). There were 1,687 housing units at an average density of 221.5/km{{sup|2}} (573.5/mi{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.06% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.04% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.52% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.04% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.90% of the population.

There were 706 households, out of which 18.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.2% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.03 and the average family size was 2.55.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 14.9% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 26.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,300, and the median income for a family was $56,250. Males had a median income of $39,554 versus $37,344 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $26,468. About 5.8% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Barnstable County, Massachusetts}}

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[[Category:Chatham, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Massachusetts]]