East Sandwich vs Provincetown

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

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

East Sandwich has the higher population (3,597 vs 3,466 in Provincetown). East Sandwich has the higher median household income ($128,750 vs $123,456 in Provincetown). Provincetown has the higher median home value ($786,900 vs $651,900 in East Sandwich).

Population, income & housing

	East Sandwich	Provincetown
Population	3,597	3,466
Median age	56.3 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$128,750	$123,456
Median home value	$651,900	$786,900
Median gross rent	$1,556	$1,331
Housing units	2,175	4,542
Homeownership rate	92.4%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Sandwich	Provincetown
Population	3,473 → 3,597 (+3.6%)	2,730 → 3,466 (+27.0%)
Median household income	$107,793 → $128,750 (+19.4%)	$58,313 → $123,456 (+111.7%)
Median home value	$484,400 → $651,900 (+34.6%)	$626,300 → $786,900 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,556 (+20.7%)	$1,202 → $1,331 (+10.7%)

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

Provincetown

Population

2,7303,466

Median household income

$58,313$123,456

Median home value

$626,300$786,900

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Sandwich	Provincetown
Under 5	3.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.6%	4.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	1.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	29.0%
65 to 74	25.1%	15.1%
75 and over	13.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Sandwich	Provincetown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Sandwich	Provincetown
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	15.5%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Sandwich	Provincetown
Drove alone	70.6%	37.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	11.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	9.1%
Worked from home	15.8%	32.0%
Other means	2.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Sandwich	Provincetown
1-unit, detached	96.6%	37.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	36.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Sandwich	Provincetown
Poverty rate	12.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.35	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1979	1954