East Falmouth vs Northwest Harwich

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

East Falmouth and Northwest 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 4,205 in Northwest Harwich). Northwest Harwich has the higher median household income ($89,063 vs $69,121 in East Falmouth). Northwest Harwich has the higher median home value ($596,800 vs $554,200 in East Falmouth).

Population, income & housing

	East Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
Population	6,415	4,205
Median age	59.3 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,121	$89,063
Median home value	$554,200	$596,800
Median gross rent	$1,884	$3,501
Housing units	4,700	3,310
Homeownership rate	88.9%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.7%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
Population	6,441 → 6,415 (-0.4%)	4,136 → 4,205 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$64,875 → $69,121 (+6.5%)	$74,208 → $89,063 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$375,600 → $554,200 (+47.6%)	$402,500 → $596,800 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,884 (+30.1%)	$1,176 → $3,501 (+197.7%)

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

Northwest Harwich

Population

4,1364,205

Median household income

$74,208$89,063

Median home value

$402,500$596,800

Median gross rent

$1,176$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
Under 5	1.6%	0.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	5.9%
35 to 44	4.8%	7.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	24.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	19.5%	20.0%
75 and over	16.1%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	86.6%
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%	2.9%
Two or more races	9.7%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	17.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
Drove alone	80.7%	61.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	10.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.7%
Worked from home	13.2%	25.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
1-unit, detached	95.3%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	East Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
Poverty rate	8.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1973	1980