Bourne vs North Eastham

A side-by-side comparison of Bourne and North Eastham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Eastham has the higher population (1,958 vs 1,765 in Bourne). Bourne has the higher median household income ($125,366 vs $80,375 in North Eastham). North Eastham has the higher median home value ($641,200 vs $521,100 in Bourne).

Population, income & housing

	Bourne	North Eastham
Population	1,765	1,958
Median age	60.9 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$125,366	$80,375
Median home value	$521,100	$641,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,653
Housing units	1,078	2,710
Homeownership rate	80.3%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.7%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourne	North Eastham
Population	1,408 → 1,765 (+25.4%)	1,612 → 1,958 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$51,595 → $125,366 (+143.0%)	$70,864 → $80,375 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$374,500 → $521,100 (+39.1%)	$484,500 → $641,200 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,695 (+94.2%)	$1,303 → $1,653 (+26.9%)

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

North Eastham

Population

1,6121,958

Median household income

$70,864$80,375

Median home value

$484,500$641,200

Median gross rent

$1,303$1,653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourne	North Eastham
Under 5	0.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	7.6%	7.2%
18 to 24	0.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	21.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	32.4%	27.3%
75 and over	10.1%	22.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourne	North Eastham
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourne	North Eastham
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	16.0%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourne	North Eastham
Drove alone	78.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourne	North Eastham
1-unit, detached	79.7%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bourne	North Eastham
Poverty rate	12.6%	9.9%
Average household size	1.83	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1966	1973