Barnstable Town vs East Harwich

A side-by-side comparison of Barnstable Town and East Harwich: population, income, housing, and more.

Barnstable Town and East Harwich are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barnstable Town has the higher population (49,232 vs 5,670 in East Harwich). East Harwich has the higher median household income ($108,157 vs $97,348 in Barnstable Town). East Harwich has the higher median home value ($585,400 vs $559,200 in Barnstable Town).

Population, income & housing

	Barnstable Town	East Harwich
Population	49,232	5,670
Median age	48.6 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,348	$108,157
Median home value	$559,200	$585,400
Median gross rent	$1,751	$2,213
Housing units	27,488	3,686
Homeownership rate	74.9%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnstable Town	East Harwich
Population	44,406 → 49,232 (+10.9%)	4,796 → 5,670 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$72,733 → $97,348 (+33.8%)	$85,091 → $108,157 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$380,400 → $559,200 (+47.0%)	$380,000 → $585,400 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,336 → $1,751 (+31.1%)	$1,603 → $2,213 (+38.1%)

Barnstable Town

Population

44,40649,232

Median household income

$72,733$97,348

Median home value

$380,400$559,200

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,751

East Harwich

Population

4,7965,670

Median household income

$85,091$108,157

Median home value

$380,000$585,400

Median gross rent

$1,603$2,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnstable Town	East Harwich
Under 5	4.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	5.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	3.9%
55 to 64	17.0%	26.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	23.4%
75 and over	10.2%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnstable Town	East Harwich
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	98.1%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnstable Town	East Harwich
No high school diploma	6.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	22.9%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnstable Town	East Harwich
Drove alone	76.4%	83.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.3%
Walked	1.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	10.8%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnstable Town	East Harwich
1-unit, detached	80.6%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnstable Town	East Harwich
Poverty rate	7.1%	0.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1977	1979