East Falmouth vs East Harwich

A side-by-side comparison of East Falmouth and East Harwich: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Falmouth has the higher population (6,415 vs 5,670 in East Harwich). East Harwich has the higher median household income ($108,157 vs $69,121 in East Falmouth). East Harwich has the higher median home value ($585,400 vs $554,200 in East Falmouth).

Population, income & housing

	East Falmouth	East Harwich
Population	6,415	5,670
Median age	59.3 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,121	$108,157
Median home value	$554,200	$585,400
Median gross rent	$1,884	$2,213
Housing units	4,700	3,686
Homeownership rate	88.9%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.7%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Falmouth	East Harwich
Population	6,441 → 6,415 (-0.4%)	4,796 → 5,670 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$64,875 → $69,121 (+6.5%)	$85,091 → $108,157 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$375,600 → $554,200 (+47.6%)	$380,000 → $585,400 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,884 (+30.1%)	$1,603 → $2,213 (+38.1%)

East Falmouth

Population

6,4416,415

Median household income

$64,875$69,121

Median home value

$375,600$554,200

Median gross rent

$1,448$1,884

East Harwich

Population

4,7965,670

Median household income

$85,091$108,157

Median home value

$380,000$585,400

Median gross rent

$1,603$2,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Falmouth	East Harwich
Under 5	1.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	5.7%
35 to 44	4.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	3.9%
55 to 64	24.3%	26.3%
65 to 74	19.5%	23.4%
75 and over	16.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Falmouth	East Harwich
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	98.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Falmouth	East Harwich
No high school diploma	4.6%	0.8%
High school graduate	17.2%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Falmouth	East Harwich
Drove alone	80.7%	83.5%
Carpooled	3.0%	2.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	10.8%
Other means	1.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Falmouth	East Harwich
1-unit, detached	95.3%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Falmouth	East Harwich
Poverty rate	8.2%	0.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1973	1979