Buzzards Bay vs North Falmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Buzzards Bay and North Falmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buzzards Bay has the higher population (2,941 vs 2,558 in North Falmouth). North Falmouth has the higher median household income ($133,571 vs $95,847 in Buzzards Bay). North Falmouth has the higher median home value ($656,400 vs $453,500 in Buzzards Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Buzzards Bay	North Falmouth
Population	2,941	2,558
Median age	56.3 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,847	$133,571
Median home value	$453,500	$656,400
Median gross rent	$1,465	—
Housing units	1,817	2,745
Homeownership rate	76.3%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	68.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buzzards Bay	North Falmouth
Population	3,528 → 2,941 (-16.6%)	2,516 → 2,558 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$75,142 → $95,847 (+27.6%)	$96,404 → $133,571 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$294,700 → $453,500 (+53.9%)	$553,700 → $656,400 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,303 → $1,465 (+12.4%)	$1,406 → $1,157 (-17.7%)

Buzzards Bay

Population

3,5282,941

Median household income

$75,142$95,847

Median home value

$294,700$453,500

Median gross rent

$1,303$1,465

North Falmouth

Population

2,5162,558

Median household income

$96,404$133,571

Median home value

$553,700$656,400

Median gross rent

$1,406$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buzzards Bay	North Falmouth
Under 5	1.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	7.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	14.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	4.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	19.0%	17.9%
75 and over	15.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buzzards Bay	North Falmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buzzards Bay	North Falmouth
No high school diploma	4.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	44.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buzzards Bay	North Falmouth
Drove alone	69.1%	53.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.2%
Public transit	2.0%	1.7%
Walked	2.9%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	34.2%
Other means	2.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buzzards Bay	North Falmouth
1-unit, detached	81.0%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buzzards Bay	North Falmouth
Poverty rate	6.9%	1.8%
Average household size	1.94	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1960	1971