Sandwich (CDP), Massachusetts

Sandwich is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,962 at the 2010 census, out of a total 20,675 people in the town of Sandwich.GeographySandwich village is located in the northwestern part of the town of Sandwich at . It is bordered to the north by Massachusetts Route 6A and the Cape Cod Canal, to the northeast by Cape Cod Bay, to the east by the Dock Creek saltmarsh and the CDP of East Sandwich, to the south by U.S. Route 6, and to the west by the town of Bourne.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.9sqkm. 9.4sqkm of it is land, and 0.5sqkm of it is water.DemographicsAs of the census of 2000, there were 3,058 people, 1,379 households, and 864 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 329.8/km² (854.5/mi²). There were 1,706 housing units at an average density of 184.0/km² (476.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.04% White, 0.23% Black or African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.46% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population.