East Harwich vs Northwest Harwich

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

East Harwich 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 Harwich has the higher population (5,670 vs 4,205 in Northwest Harwich). East Harwich has the higher median household income ($108,157 vs $89,063 in Northwest Harwich). Northwest Harwich has the higher median home value ($596,800 vs $585,400 in East Harwich).

Population, income & housing

	East Harwich	Northwest Harwich
Population	5,670	4,205
Median age	60.1 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$108,157	$89,063
Median home value	$585,400	$596,800
Median gross rent	$2,213	$3,501
Housing units	3,686	3,310
Homeownership rate	89.3%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Harwich	Northwest Harwich
Population	4,796 → 5,670 (+18.2%)	4,136 → 4,205 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$85,091 → $108,157 (+27.1%)	$74,208 → $89,063 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$380,000 → $585,400 (+54.1%)	$402,500 → $596,800 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,603 → $2,213 (+38.1%)	$1,176 → $3,501 (+197.7%)

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

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 Harwich	Northwest Harwich
Under 5	4.4%	0.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	5.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.1%
45 to 54	3.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	26.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	23.4%	20.0%
75 and over	11.4%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Harwich	Northwest Harwich
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	86.6%
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%	2.9%
Two or more races	1.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Harwich	Northwest Harwich
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	26.5%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Harwich	Northwest Harwich
Drove alone	83.5%	61.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	10.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	10.8%	25.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Harwich	Northwest Harwich
1-unit, detached	99.1%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	East Harwich	Northwest Harwich
Poverty rate	0.8%	7.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1979	1980