Teaticket is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in the town of
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Falmouth ( ) is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 32,517 at the 2020 census, making Falmouth the second-largest municipality on Cape Cod after Barnstable. The terminal for the Steamship Authority ferri ...
. The population was 1,692 at the
2010 census.
Geography
Teaticket is located in the southern part of the town of Falmouth at (41.557934, -70.586815),
between the villages of
East Falmouth
East Falmouth is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located at the base of Massachusetts' "fishhook" peninsula (''see map at right''). The population was 6,038 at the ...
(to the east) and
Falmouth (to the west).
Massachusetts Route 28
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runs east–west through the center of the village. South of 28, the CDP occupies a neck, bordered by Great Pond to the east and Little Pond to the west, that extends to
Vineyard Sound
Vineyard Sound is the stretch of the Atlantic Ocean which separates the Elizabeth Islands and the southwestern part of Cape Cod from the island of Martha's Vineyard, located offshore from the state of Massachusetts in the United States. To the we ...
. The neck is home to the Maravista neighborhood.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Teaticket CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 21.90%, is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,907 people, 908 households, and 550 families residing in Teaticket. The
population density
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was 701.2/km (1,813.6/mi). There were 1,558 housing units at an average density of 572.9/km (1,481.7/mi). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.23%
White
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, 1.00%
African American
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, 0.37%
Native American, 1.36%
Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 1.36% from
other races
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, and 1.68% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 1.21% of the population.
There were 908 households, out of which 15.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.0% were
married couples
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living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.4% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.63.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 16.2% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 19.7% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 31.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females, there were 77.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.7 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $41,272, and the median income for a family was $46,705. Males had a median income of $37,107 versus $25,642 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $24,008. About 3.5% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Census-designated places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Census-designated places in Massachusetts
Populated coastal places in Massachusetts