Chatham vs Orleans

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

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

Orleans has the higher population (1,618 vs 1,614 in Chatham). Chatham has the higher median household income ($82,269 vs $76,768 in Orleans). Chatham has the higher median home value ($1,550,000 vs $542,500 in Orleans).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Orleans
Population	1,614	1,618
Median age	67.4 yrs	64.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,269	$76,768
Median home value	$1,550,000	$542,500
Median gross rent	$924	$960
Housing units	2,076	1,420
Homeownership rate	79.5%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Orleans
Population	1,428 → 1,614 (+13.0%)	1,798 → 1,618 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$81,630 → $82,269 (+0.8%)	$54,750 → $76,768 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$778,600 → $1,550,000 (+99.1%)	$441,800 → $542,500 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $924 (+5.5%)	$1,252 → $960 (-23.3%)

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

Orleans

Population

1,7981,618

Median household income

$54,750$76,768

Median home value

$441,800$542,500

Median gross rent

$1,252$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Orleans
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	5.1%	6.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	5.9%	7.6%
45 to 54	1.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	21.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	29.1%	21.9%
75 and over	26.5%	24.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Orleans
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Orleans
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	15.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Orleans
Drove alone	74.2%	68.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	19.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Orleans
1-unit, detached	82.5%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.0%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Orleans
Poverty rate	10.0%	14.8%
Average household size	1.77	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1968	1979