Chatham vs West Chatham

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

Chatham and West Chatham 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 1,337 in West Chatham). West Chatham has the higher median household income ($135,199 vs $82,269 in Chatham). Chatham has the higher median home value ($1,550,000 vs $743,100 in West Chatham).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	West Chatham
Population	1,614	1,337
Median age	67.4 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,269	$135,199
Median home value	$1,550,000	$743,100
Median gross rent	$924	—
Housing units	2,076	2,044
Homeownership rate	79.5%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	74.2%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	West Chatham
Population	1,428 → 1,614 (+13.0%)	1,154 → 1,337 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$81,630 → $82,269 (+0.8%)	$79,464 → $135,199 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$778,600 → $1,550,000 (+99.1%)	$628,000 → $743,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $924 (+5.5%)	$1,353 → $1,622 (+19.9%)

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

West Chatham

Population

1,1541,337

Median household income

$79,464$135,199

Median home value

$628,000$743,100

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	West Chatham
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	5.1%	5.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	4.6%
35 to 44	5.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	1.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	21.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	29.1%	20.0%
75 and over	26.5%	26.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	West Chatham
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	West Chatham
No high school diploma	1.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	15.0%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	37.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	West Chatham
Drove alone	74.2%	61.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	2.8%	10.3%
Walked	3.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	19.6%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	West Chatham
1-unit, detached	82.5%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	West Chatham
Poverty rate	10.0%	18.2%
Average household size	1.77	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1968	1976