Forestdale vs Northwest Harwich

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

Forestdale 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 3,716 in Forestdale). Forestdale has the higher median household income ($105,368 vs $89,063 in Northwest Harwich). Northwest Harwich has the higher median home value ($596,800 vs $462,500 in Forestdale).

Population, income & housing

	Forestdale	Northwest Harwich
Population	3,716	4,205
Median age	42.8 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,368	$89,063
Median home value	$462,500	$596,800
Median gross rent	$1,790	$3,501
Housing units	1,580	3,310
Homeownership rate	90.4%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestdale	Northwest Harwich
Population	3,791 → 3,716 (-2.0%)	4,136 → 4,205 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$98,182 → $105,368 (+7.3%)	$74,208 → $89,063 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$349,500 → $462,500 (+32.3%)	$402,500 → $596,800 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,790 (+45.3%)	$1,176 → $3,501 (+197.7%)

Forestdale

Population

3,7913,716

Median household income

$98,182$105,368

Median home value

$349,500$462,500

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,790

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)

	Forestdale	Northwest Harwich
Under 5	7.4%	0.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	5.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	7.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	23.4%	17.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	20.0%
75 and over	5.2%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestdale	Northwest Harwich
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.9%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestdale	Northwest Harwich
No high school diploma	2.5%	1.8%
High school graduate	23.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestdale	Northwest Harwich
Drove alone	85.5%	61.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	6.3%	25.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestdale	Northwest Harwich
1-unit, detached	94.8%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Forestdale	Northwest Harwich
Poverty rate	3.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1980	1980