Chatham vs West Falmouth

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

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

West Falmouth has the higher population (1,655 vs 1,614 in Chatham). West Falmouth has the higher median household income ($115,735 vs $82,269 in Chatham). Chatham has the higher median home value ($1,550,000 vs $734,000 in West Falmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	West Falmouth
Population	1,614	1,655
Median age	67.4 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,269	$115,735
Median home value	$1,550,000	$734,000
Median gross rent	$924	$1,756
Housing units	2,076	1,209
Homeownership rate	79.5%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	West Falmouth
Population	1,428 → 1,614 (+13.0%)	1,971 → 1,655 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$81,630 → $82,269 (+0.8%)	$150,246 → $115,735 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$778,600 → $1,550,000 (+99.1%)	$649,600 → $734,000 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $924 (+5.5%)	$1,815 → $1,756 (-3.3%)

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

West Falmouth

Population

1,9711,655

Median household income

$150,246$115,735

Median home value

$649,600$734,000

Median gross rent

$1,815$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	West Falmouth
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.1%	9.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	2.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	1.9%
45 to 54	1.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	21.1%	24.6%
65 to 74	29.1%	14.5%
75 and over	26.5%	36.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	West Falmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	West Falmouth
No high school diploma	1.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	15.0%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	39.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	West Falmouth
Drove alone	74.2%	74.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	24.8%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	West Falmouth
1-unit, detached	82.5%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	West Falmouth
Poverty rate	10.0%	10.0%
Average household size	1.77	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1968	1978