Chatham vs Mashpee Neck

A side-by-side comparison of Chatham and Mashpee Neck: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatham has the higher population (1,614 vs 1,071 in Mashpee Neck). Mashpee Neck has the higher median household income ($131,250 vs $82,269 in Chatham). Chatham has the higher median home value ($1,550,000 vs $578,400 in Mashpee Neck).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Mashpee Neck
Population	1,614	1,071
Median age	67.4 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,269	$131,250
Median home value	$1,550,000	$578,400
Median gross rent	$924	—
Housing units	2,076	638
Homeownership rate	79.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Mashpee Neck
Population	1,428 → 1,614 (+13.0%)	1,386 → 1,071 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$81,630 → $82,269 (+0.8%)	$114,904 → $131,250 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$778,600 → $1,550,000 (+99.1%)	$392,900 → $578,400 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $924 (+5.5%)	$1,657 → $1,656 (-0.1%)

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

Mashpee Neck

Population

1,3861,071

Median household income

$114,904$131,250

Median home value

$392,900$578,400

Median gross rent

$1,657$1,656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Mashpee Neck
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	5.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	5.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	1.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	21.1%	26.6%
65 to 74	29.1%	17.2%
75 and over	26.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Mashpee Neck
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.8%
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%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Mashpee Neck
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	15.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Mashpee Neck
Drove alone	74.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.8%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	12.5%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Mashpee Neck
1-unit, detached	82.5%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Mashpee Neck
Poverty rate	10.0%	2.9%
Average household size	1.77	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1968	1992