Dukes County, Massachusetts
13 public bodies govern here, 6 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 20,933
- Median household income
- $125,786
- ±14,169
- Unemployed
- 6.6%
- 791 of 12,053 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 95.0%
- 7,203 of 7,584 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Dukes | 21,097 (2021) | Po Box 190, Edgartown | Website |
Townships 7
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Aquinnah | 450 (2021) | 955 State Rd, Chilmark | Website |
| Town of Chilmark | 1,248 (2021) | 401 Middle Rd, Chilmark | Website |
| Town of Edgartown | 5,302 (2021) | Po Box 5158, Edgartown | Website |
| Town of Gosnold | 70 (2021) | 28 Tower Hill Rd, Cuttyhunk | — |
| Town of Oak Bluffs | 5,472 (2021) | Po Box 2490, Oak Bluffs | Website |
| Town of Tisbury | 4,920 (2021) | Po Box 1239, Vineyard Haven | Website |
| Town of West Tisbury | 3,635 (2021) | Po Box 278, West Tisbury | Website |
Special districts 5
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dukes County Regional Housing Authority | Housing and community development | Po Box 4538, Vineyard Haven | Website |
| Marthas Vineyard Regional Transit Authority | Public mass transit utility | 11 A St, Edgartown | Website |
| Dukes Conservation District | Soil and water conservation | Po Box 1010, Edgartown | Website |
| Marthas Vineyard Refuse Disposal and Resource Recovery District | Solid waste management | P.o. Box 190, West Tisbury | — |
| Oak Bluffs Water District | Water supply utility | Po Box 1297, Oak Bluffs | Website |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
Edgartown
School district1 schools
4 Pine Street, Vineyard Haven, MA, 02568
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Martha's Vineyard
School district1 schools
4 Pine Street, Vineyard Haven, MA, 02568
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Martha's Vineyard Charter Public School
Independent charter district1 schools
424 State Road, West Tisbury, MA, 02575
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Oak Bluffs
School district1 schools
4 Pine Street, Vineyard Haven, MA, 02568
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Tisbury
School district1 schools
4 Pine Street, Vineyard Haven, MA, 02568
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Up-Island Regional
School district2 schools
4 Pine Street, Vineyard Haven, MA, 02568
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
Truro Educational Farmers' Market (11 Truro Center Road Truro) · Waquoit Spring Farmers Market (15 Parsons Lane East Falmouth) · The Winter Farmers Market in Sandwich (20 Main Street (Route 130) Sandwich) · and 8 more
The Marketplace at Simpson Spring ((Rte 138) South Easton) · Farmer's Market at Attleboro Farms (491 Hickory Road North Attleboro) · Easton Original Farmers Market (524 Depot Street Easton) · and 14 more
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.