Falmouth vs Yarmouth Port

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

Falmouth and Yarmouth Port are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yarmouth Port has the higher population (5,825 vs 3,996 in Falmouth). Yarmouth Port has the higher median household income ($108,563 vs $68,267 in Falmouth). Falmouth has the higher median home value ($745,900 vs $542,600 in Yarmouth Port).

Population, income & housing

	Falmouth	Yarmouth Port
Population	3,996	5,825
Median age	63.1 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,267	$108,563
Median home value	$745,900	$542,600
Median gross rent	$1,175	$1,636
Housing units	3,275	3,424
Homeownership rate	53.7%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falmouth	Yarmouth Port
Population	3,540 → 3,996 (+12.9%)	5,242 → 5,825 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$41,343 → $68,267 (+65.1%)	$74,737 → $108,563 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$540,000 → $745,900 (+38.1%)	$379,800 → $542,600 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $1,175 (+37.7%)	$1,658 → $1,636 (-1.3%)

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

Yarmouth Port

Population

5,2425,825

Median household income

$74,737$108,563

Median home value

$379,800$542,600

Median gross rent

$1,658$1,636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falmouth	Yarmouth Port
Under 5	2.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	8.5%	10.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	6.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	5.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	27.0%	20.3%
75 and over	18.3%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falmouth	Yarmouth Port
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falmouth	Yarmouth Port
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	14.9%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falmouth	Yarmouth Port
Drove alone	56.4%	70.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.1%
Public transit	3.9%	0.7%
Walked	6.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falmouth	Yarmouth Port
1-unit, detached	57.9%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	13.8%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falmouth	Yarmouth Port
Poverty rate	23.4%	5.6%
Average household size	1.83	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1959	1979