East Sandwich vs Sagamore

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

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

Sagamore has the higher population (3,958 vs 3,597 in East Sandwich). Sagamore has the higher median household income ($132,000 vs $128,750 in East Sandwich). East Sandwich has the higher median home value ($651,900 vs $562,600 in Sagamore).

Population, income & housing

	East Sandwich	Sagamore
Population	3,597	3,958
Median age	56.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$128,750	$132,000
Median home value	$651,900	$562,600
Median gross rent	$1,556	$1,752
Housing units	2,175	1,892
Homeownership rate	92.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Sandwich	Sagamore
Population	3,473 → 3,597 (+3.6%)	3,675 → 3,958 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$107,793 → $128,750 (+19.4%)	$91,688 → $132,000 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$484,400 → $651,900 (+34.6%)	$412,400 → $562,600 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,556 (+20.7%)	$1,341 → $1,752 (+30.6%)

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

Sagamore

Population

3,6753,958

Median household income

$91,688$132,000

Median home value

$412,400$562,600

Median gross rent

$1,341$1,752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Sandwich	Sagamore
Under 5	3.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	9.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	5.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	25.1%	10.9%
75 and over	13.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Sandwich	Sagamore
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Sandwich	Sagamore
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	15.5%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Sandwich	Sagamore
Drove alone	70.6%	72.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	16.5%
Other means	2.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Sandwich	Sagamore
1-unit, detached	96.6%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Sandwich	Sagamore
Poverty rate	12.1%	1.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1979	1979