Sagamore is a
census-designated placeA census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
(CDP) in the town of
BourneBourne is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,721 at the 2000 census.For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Bourne, please see the articles on Bourne , Buzzards Bay, Monument Beach, Pocasset, Sagamore, and Sagamore...
in
Barnstable CountyBarnstable County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, consisting of Cape Cod and associated islands. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,902...
,
MassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
,
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. The population was 3,544 at the
2000 censusThe Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
.
Geography
Sagamore is located at 41°47′9"N 70°31′51"W (41.785825, -70.530887).
According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of 9.1 km² (3.5 mi²). 8.7 km² (3.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (4.27%) is water.
The
Sagamore BridgeThe Sagamore Bridge in Sagamore, Massachusetts carries U.S. Route 6 across the Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod with the rest of Massachusetts, USA....
crosses the
Cape Cod CanalThe Cape Cod Canal is an artificial waterway traversing the narrow neck of land that joins Cape Cod to mainland Massachusetts.Part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, the canal is roughly 17.4 miles long and connects Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south...
in its namesake neighborhood.
Demographics
As of the
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of 2000, there were 3,544 people, 1,307 households, and 968 families residing in the CDP. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 407.2/km² (1,056.0/mi²). There were 1,532 housing units at an average density of 176.0/km² (456.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 93.93% White, 1.61% African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.76% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.10% from
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, and 2.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.66% of the population.
There were 1,307 households out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were
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living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.9% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $50,385, and the median income for a family was $58,611. Males had a median income of $44,688 versus $26,639 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the CDP was $22,650. About 4.3% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.