East Sandwich vs Northwest Harwich

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

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

Northwest Harwich has the higher population (4,205 vs 3,597 in East Sandwich). East Sandwich has the higher median household income ($128,750 vs $89,063 in Northwest Harwich). East Sandwich has the higher median home value ($651,900 vs $596,800 in Northwest Harwich).

Population, income & housing

	East Sandwich	Northwest Harwich
Population	3,597	4,205
Median age	56.3 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$128,750	$89,063
Median home value	$651,900	$596,800
Median gross rent	$1,556	$3,501
Housing units	2,175	3,310
Homeownership rate	92.4%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Sandwich	Northwest Harwich
Population	3,473 → 3,597 (+3.6%)	4,136 → 4,205 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$107,793 → $128,750 (+19.4%)	$74,208 → $89,063 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$484,400 → $651,900 (+34.6%)	$402,500 → $596,800 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,556 (+20.7%)	$1,176 → $3,501 (+197.7%)

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

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 Sandwich	Northwest Harwich
Under 5	3.2%	0.8%
5 to 17	9.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	4.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	5.8%	7.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	17.3%
65 to 74	25.1%	20.0%
75 and over	13.2%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Sandwich	Northwest Harwich
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	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	0.5%	2.9%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Sandwich	Northwest Harwich
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	15.5%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Sandwich	Northwest Harwich
Drove alone	70.6%	61.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	1.7%
Worked from home	15.8%	25.6%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Sandwich	Northwest Harwich
1-unit, detached	96.6%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	East Sandwich	Northwest Harwich
Poverty rate	12.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1979	1980