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Gas stations in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area
How the Barnstable Town, MA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #270 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 91
- 69 chain locations (76%)
- Official establishments
- 104
- +7.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $221.9M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,098 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 233,539
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 gas stations in the Barnstable Town metro area. 69 of them (76%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.6, 21% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in the Barnstable Town metro area comes to about $221.9M a year: $2,098 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 91 gas stations, that is $2.4M per station, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Barnstable Town metro area was 104 in 2023, up 7.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,017 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $453K have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Barnstable Town metro area.
Population estimates show the Barnstable Town metro area grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in the Barnstable Town metro area is 39 (lower middle), #270 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts.
How the Barnstable Town metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Barnstable Town metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 7.3 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,017 | 1,416 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.2% | −0.8% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,098 | $1,858 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $95,241 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 104+7.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 624
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9169 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 93The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $453K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Barnstable Town metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Barnstable Town metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 233,539+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 105,777
- Median age
- 53.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 394 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 588
- Median household income
- $95,241+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,349
- Median home value
- $629,000
- Jobs located here
- 87,424
- Daytime population
- 221,377Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Massachusetts for gas stations, numbered among those based in Massachusetts (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Barnstable Town metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 75 | 30 | 4.8 | $4.1M | +10.4% | #30 of 387 |
| 2Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 54 | 1,303 | 6.7 | $2.7M | +2.3% | #167 of 387 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 49 | 505 | 7.5 | $2.6M | +2.1% | #203 of 387 |
| 3Worcester, MA | 42 | 318 | 9.5 | $2.2M | +3.7% | #249 of 387 |
| 4Barnstable Town, MA | 39 | 91 | 8.6 | $2.4M | +2.4% | #270 of 387 |
| 5Springfield, MA | 35 | 160 | 8.7 | $2.1M | +0.2% | #293 of 387 |
| 6Pittsfield, MA | 23 | 69 | 12.0 | $1.5M | −1.2% | #354 of 387 |
Other business types in the Barnstable Town metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area?
There are 91 gas stations on map listings in the Barnstable Town metro area as of September 2026. 69 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 104 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 7.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $221.9M a year, or $2,098 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 91 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,777 households in the Barnstable Town metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Barnstable Town, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Barnstable Town metro area has 8.6 gas stations per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.4M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Barnstable Town metro area would have about 93, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,017 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Barnstable Town, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Barnstable Town metro area at 233,539 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,777 households. The median household income in the Barnstable Town metro area is $95,241 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Barnstable Town metro area scores 39 for gas stations (lower middle), #270 of 387 scored metro areas.
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