Bourne vs Harwich Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bourne and Harwich Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bourne has the higher population (1,765 vs 1,620 in Harwich Center). Bourne has the higher median household income ($125,366 vs $76,944 in Harwich Center). Harwich Center has the higher median home value ($546,600 vs $521,100 in Bourne).

Population, income & housing

	Bourne	Harwich Center
Population	1,765	1,620
Median age	60.9 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,366	$76,944
Median home value	$521,100	$546,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,355
Housing units	1,078	1,229
Homeownership rate	80.3%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.7%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourne	Harwich Center
Population	1,408 → 1,765 (+25.4%)	1,406 → 1,620 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$51,595 → $125,366 (+143.0%)	$70,972 → $76,944 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$374,500 → $521,100 (+39.1%)	$395,300 → $546,600 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,695 (+94.2%)	$883 → $1,355 (+53.5%)

Bourne

Population

1,4081,765

Median household income

$51,595$125,366

Median home value

$374,500$521,100

Median gross rent

$873$1,695

Harwich Center

Population

1,4061,620

Median household income

$70,972$76,944

Median home value

$395,300$546,600

Median gross rent

$883$1,355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourne	Harwich Center
Under 5	0.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	0.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	6.6%	5.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	21.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	32.4%	25.6%
75 and over	10.1%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourne	Harwich Center
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourne	Harwich Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	16.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourne	Harwich Center
Drove alone	78.7%	82.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourne	Harwich Center
1-unit, detached	79.7%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bourne	Harwich Center
Poverty rate	12.6%	4.5%
Average household size	1.83	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1966	1972