Bourne vs West Falmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Bourne and West Falmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

Bourne and West Falmouth 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 1,655 in West Falmouth). Bourne has the higher median household income ($125,366 vs $115,735 in West Falmouth). West Falmouth has the higher median home value ($734,000 vs $521,100 in Bourne).

Population, income & housing

	Bourne	West Falmouth
Population	1,765	1,655
Median age	60.9 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,366	$115,735
Median home value	$521,100	$734,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,756
Housing units	1,078	1,209
Homeownership rate	80.3%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.7%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourne	West Falmouth
Population	1,408 → 1,765 (+25.4%)	1,971 → 1,655 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$51,595 → $125,366 (+143.0%)	$150,246 → $115,735 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$374,500 → $521,100 (+39.1%)	$649,600 → $734,000 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,695 (+94.2%)	$1,815 → $1,756 (-3.3%)

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

West Falmouth

Population

1,9711,655

Median household income

$150,246$115,735

Median home value

$649,600$734,000

Median gross rent

$1,815$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourne	West Falmouth
Under 5	0.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.6%	9.0%
18 to 24	0.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	2.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	1.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	21.9%	24.6%
65 to 74	32.4%	14.5%
75 and over	10.1%	36.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourne	West Falmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourne	West Falmouth
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	16.0%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	39.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourne	West Falmouth
Drove alone	78.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourne	West Falmouth
1-unit, detached	79.7%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bourne	West Falmouth
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.0%
Average household size	1.83	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1966	1978