East Sandwich vs Falmouth

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

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

Falmouth has the higher population (3,996 vs 3,597 in East Sandwich). East Sandwich has the higher median household income ($128,750 vs $68,267 in Falmouth). Falmouth has the higher median home value ($745,900 vs $651,900 in East Sandwich).

Population, income & housing

	East Sandwich	Falmouth
Population	3,597	3,996
Median age	56.3 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$128,750	$68,267
Median home value	$651,900	$745,900
Median gross rent	$1,556	$1,175
Housing units	2,175	3,275
Homeownership rate	92.4%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Sandwich	Falmouth
Population	3,473 → 3,597 (+3.6%)	3,540 → 3,996 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$107,793 → $128,750 (+19.4%)	$41,343 → $68,267 (+65.1%)
Median home value	$484,400 → $651,900 (+34.6%)	$540,000 → $745,900 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,556 (+20.7%)	$853 → $1,175 (+37.7%)

East Sandwich

Population

3,4733,597

Median household income

$107,793$128,750

Median home value

$484,400$651,900

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,556

Falmouth

Population

3,5403,996

Median household income

$41,343$68,267

Median home value

$540,000$745,900

Median gross rent

$853$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Sandwich	Falmouth
Under 5	3.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	9.6%	8.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	4.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	5.8%	6.5%
45 to 54	16.2%	5.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	25.1%	27.0%
75 and over	13.2%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Sandwich	Falmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Sandwich	Falmouth
No high school diploma	1.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	15.5%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Sandwich	Falmouth
Drove alone	70.6%	56.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.9%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	1.7%	1.9%
Worked from home	15.8%	22.7%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Sandwich	Falmouth
1-unit, detached	96.6%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Sandwich	Falmouth
Poverty rate	12.1%	23.4%
Average household size	2.35	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1979	1959