Falmouth vs Sagamore

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

Falmouth and Sagamore 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 3,958 in Sagamore). Sagamore has the higher median household income ($132,000 vs $68,267 in Falmouth). Falmouth has the higher median home value ($745,900 vs $562,600 in Sagamore).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth	Sagamore
Population	3,996	3,958
Median age	63.1 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$132,000
Median home value	$745,900	$562,600
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,752
Housing units	3,275	1,892
Homeownership rate	53.7%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth	Sagamore
Population	3,540 → 3,996 (+12.9%)	3,675 → 3,958 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$41,343 → $68,267 (+65.1%)	$91,688 → $132,000 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$540,000 → $745,900 (+38.1%)	$412,400 → $562,600 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $1,175 (+37.7%)	$1,341 → $1,752 (+30.6%)

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

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)

	Falmouth	Sagamore
Under 5	2.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	8.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	5.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	27.0%	10.9%
75 and over	18.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth	Sagamore
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	94.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth	Sagamore
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	14.9%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth	Sagamore
Drove alone	56.4%	72.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.5%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth	Sagamore
1-unit, detached	57.9%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	13.8%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth	Sagamore
Poverty rate	23.4%	1.8%
Average household size	1.83	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1959	1979