Harwich Center vs Orleans

A side-by-side comparison of Harwich Center and Orleans: population, income, housing, and more.

Harwich Center and Orleans are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harwich Center has the higher population (1,620 vs 1,618 in Orleans). Harwich Center has the higher median household income ($76,944 vs $76,768 in Orleans). Harwich Center has the higher median home value ($546,600 vs $542,500 in Orleans).

Population, income & housing

	Harwich Center	Orleans
Population	1,620	1,618
Median age	57.2 yrs	64.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,944	$76,768
Median home value	$546,600	$542,500
Median gross rent	$1,355	$960
Housing units	1,229	1,420
Homeownership rate	67.5%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harwich Center	Orleans
Population	1,406 → 1,620 (+15.2%)	1,798 → 1,618 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$70,972 → $76,944 (+8.4%)	$54,750 → $76,768 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$395,300 → $546,600 (+38.3%)	$441,800 → $542,500 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,355 (+53.5%)	$1,252 → $960 (-23.3%)

Harwich Center

Population

1,4061,620

Median household income

$70,972$76,944

Median home value

$395,300$546,600

Median gross rent

$883$1,355

Orleans

Population

1,7981,618

Median household income

$54,750$76,768

Median home value

$441,800$542,500

Median gross rent

$1,252$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harwich Center	Orleans
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	6.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	5.3%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	25.6%	21.9%
75 and over	12.1%	24.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harwich Center	Orleans
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harwich Center	Orleans
No high school diploma	0.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	29.5%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harwich Center	Orleans
Drove alone	82.1%	68.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	19.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harwich Center	Orleans
1-unit, detached	81.9%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	9.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harwich Center	Orleans
Poverty rate	4.5%	14.8%
Average household size	1.98	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1972	1979