Chatham vs Harwich Center

A side-by-side comparison of Chatham and Harwich Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harwich Center has the higher population (1,620 vs 1,614 in Chatham). Chatham has the higher median household income ($82,269 vs $76,944 in Harwich Center). Chatham has the higher median home value ($1,550,000 vs $546,600 in Harwich Center).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Harwich Center
Population	1,614	1,620
Median age	67.4 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,269	$76,944
Median home value	$1,550,000	$546,600
Median gross rent	$924	$1,355
Housing units	2,076	1,229
Homeownership rate	79.5%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Harwich Center
Population	1,428 → 1,614 (+13.0%)	1,406 → 1,620 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$81,630 → $82,269 (+0.8%)	$70,972 → $76,944 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$778,600 → $1,550,000 (+99.1%)	$395,300 → $546,600 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $924 (+5.5%)	$883 → $1,355 (+53.5%)

Chatham

Population

1,4281,614

Median household income

$81,630$82,269

Median home value

$778,600$1,550,000

Median gross rent

$876$924

Harwich Center

Population

1,4061,620

Median household income

$70,972$76,944

Median home value

$395,300$546,600

Median gross rent

$883$1,355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Harwich Center
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	6.9%
35 to 44	5.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	1.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	21.1%	16.5%
65 to 74	29.1%	25.6%
75 and over	26.5%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Harwich Center
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Harwich Center
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.6%
High school graduate	15.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Harwich Center
Drove alone	74.2%	82.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	16.7%
Other means	2.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Harwich Center
1-unit, detached	82.5%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Harwich Center
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.5%
Average household size	1.77	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1968	1972