[2] As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 3,679 people, 1,681 households, and 1,059 families residing in the CDP.

There were 1,681 households, out of which 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families.

Of all households 31.4% were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The school was named after prominent Dennisport fisherman Nathaniel H. Wixon, a descendant of more than 15 of the original Mayflower Pilgrims.

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