East Harwich vs Yarmouth Port

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

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

Yarmouth Port has the higher population (5,825 vs 5,670 in East Harwich). Yarmouth Port has the higher median household income ($108,563 vs $108,157 in East Harwich). East Harwich has the higher median home value ($585,400 vs $542,600 in Yarmouth Port).

Population, income & housing

	East Harwich	Yarmouth Port
Population	5,670	5,825
Median age	60.1 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$108,157	$108,563
Median home value	$585,400	$542,600
Median gross rent	$2,213	$1,636
Housing units	3,686	3,424
Homeownership rate	89.3%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Harwich	Yarmouth Port
Population	4,796 → 5,670 (+18.2%)	5,242 → 5,825 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$85,091 → $108,157 (+27.1%)	$74,737 → $108,563 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$380,000 → $585,400 (+54.1%)	$379,800 → $542,600 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,603 → $2,213 (+38.1%)	$1,658 → $1,636 (-1.3%)

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

Yarmouth Port

Population

5,2425,825

Median household income

$74,737$108,563

Median home value

$379,800$542,600

Median gross rent

$1,658$1,636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Harwich	Yarmouth Port
Under 5	4.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	7.8%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	6.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	3.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	26.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	23.4%	20.3%
75 and over	11.4%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Harwich	Yarmouth Port
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Harwich	Yarmouth Port
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	26.5%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Harwich	Yarmouth Port
Drove alone	83.5%	70.9%
Carpooled	2.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	17.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Harwich	Yarmouth Port
1-unit, detached	99.1%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Harwich	Yarmouth Port
Poverty rate	0.8%	5.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1979	1979