Bourne vs Harwich Port

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

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

Harwich Port has the higher population (2,011 vs 1,765 in Bourne). Bourne has the higher median household income ($125,366 vs $64,813 in Harwich Port). Harwich Port has the higher median home value ($654,900 vs $521,100 in Bourne).

Population, income & housing

	Bourne	Harwich Port
Population	1,765	2,011
Median age	60.9 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$125,366	$64,813
Median home value	$521,100	$654,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,174
Housing units	1,078	2,309
Homeownership rate	80.3%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.7%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourne	Harwich Port
Population	1,408 → 1,765 (+25.4%)	1,809 → 2,011 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$51,595 → $125,366 (+143.0%)	$58,438 → $64,813 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$374,500 → $521,100 (+39.1%)	$543,600 → $654,900 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,695 (+94.2%)	$847 → $1,174 (+38.6%)

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 Port

Population

1,8092,011

Median household income

$58,438$64,813

Median home value

$543,600$654,900

Median gross rent

$847$1,174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourne	Harwich Port
Under 5	0.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	7.6%	6.2%
18 to 24	0.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	5.6%	6.4%
35 to 44	6.6%	6.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	21.9%	20.0%
65 to 74	32.4%	16.2%
75 and over	10.1%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourne	Harwich Port
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourne	Harwich Port
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.5%
High school graduate	16.0%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	31.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourne	Harwich Port
Drove alone	78.7%	71.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	22.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourne	Harwich Port
1-unit, detached	79.7%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bourne	Harwich Port
Poverty rate	12.6%	7.9%
Average household size	1.83	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1966	1961