Falmouth vs Northwest Harwich

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

Falmouth 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 3,996 in Falmouth). Northwest Harwich has the higher median household income ($89,063 vs $68,267 in Falmouth). Falmouth has the higher median home value ($745,900 vs $596,800 in Northwest Harwich).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
Population	3,996	4,205
Median age	63.1 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$89,063
Median home value	$745,900	$596,800
Median gross rent	$1,175	$3,501
Housing units	3,275	3,310
Homeownership rate	53.7%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
Population	3,540 → 3,996 (+12.9%)	4,136 → 4,205 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$41,343 → $68,267 (+65.1%)	$74,208 → $89,063 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$540,000 → $745,900 (+38.1%)	$402,500 → $596,800 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $1,175 (+37.7%)	$1,176 → $3,501 (+197.7%)

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

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)

	Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
Under 5	2.6%	0.8%
5 to 17	8.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	5.9%
35 to 44	6.5%	7.1%
45 to 54	5.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.3%
65 to 74	27.0%	20.0%
75 and over	18.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	86.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	2.9%
Two or more races	7.8%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	14.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
Drove alone	56.4%	61.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.8%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.9%	1.7%
Worked from home	22.7%	25.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
1-unit, detached	57.9%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	13.8%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth	Northwest Harwich
Poverty rate	23.4%	7.9%
Average household size	1.83	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1959	1980