Buzzards Bay vs Sandwich

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

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

Sandwich has the higher population (2,976 vs 2,941 in Buzzards Bay). Sandwich has the higher median household income ($108,583 vs $95,847 in Buzzards Bay). Sandwich has the higher median home value ($511,000 vs $453,500 in Buzzards Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Buzzards Bay	Sandwich
Population	2,941	2,976
Median age	56.3 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,847	$108,583
Median home value	$453,500	$511,000
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,729
Housing units	1,817	1,984
Homeownership rate	76.3%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buzzards Bay	Sandwich
Population	3,528 → 2,941 (-16.6%)	3,002 → 2,976 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$75,142 → $95,847 (+27.6%)	$93,333 → $108,583 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$294,700 → $453,500 (+53.9%)	$372,700 → $511,000 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,303 → $1,465 (+12.4%)	$1,182 → $1,729 (+46.3%)

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

Sandwich

Population

3,0022,976

Median household income

$93,333$108,583

Median home value

$372,700$511,000

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buzzards Bay	Sandwich
Under 5	1.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	7.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	14.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	6.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	4.3%	6.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	18.4%
65 to 74	19.0%	22.6%
75 and over	15.9%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buzzards Bay	Sandwich
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buzzards Bay	Sandwich
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buzzards Bay	Sandwich
Drove alone	69.1%	69.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.2%
Public transit	2.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	21.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buzzards Bay	Sandwich
1-unit, detached	81.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	9.7%
20 or more units	7.3%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buzzards Bay	Sandwich
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.6%
Average household size	1.94	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1960	1967