Harwich Center vs West Chatham

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

Harwich Center and West Chatham 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 1,337 in West Chatham). West Chatham has the higher median household income ($135,199 vs $76,944 in Harwich Center). West Chatham has the higher median home value ($743,100 vs $546,600 in Harwich Center).

Population, income & housing

	Harwich Center	West Chatham
Population	1,620	1,337
Median age	57.2 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,944	$135,199
Median home value	$546,600	$743,100
Median gross rent	$1,355	—
Housing units	1,229	2,044
Homeownership rate	67.5%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	74.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harwich Center	West Chatham
Population	1,406 → 1,620 (+15.2%)	1,154 → 1,337 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$70,972 → $76,944 (+8.4%)	$79,464 → $135,199 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$395,300 → $546,600 (+38.3%)	$628,000 → $743,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,355 (+53.5%)	$1,353 → $1,622 (+19.9%)

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

West Chatham

Population

1,1541,337

Median household income

$79,464$135,199

Median home value

$628,000$743,100

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harwich Center	West Chatham
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.0%	5.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	4.6%
35 to 44	5.3%	8.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	25.6%	20.0%
75 and over	12.1%	26.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harwich Center	West Chatham
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harwich Center	West Chatham
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	37.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harwich Center	West Chatham
Drove alone	82.1%	61.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	10.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	19.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harwich Center	West Chatham
1-unit, detached	81.9%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harwich Center	West Chatham
Poverty rate	4.5%	18.2%
Average household size	1.98	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1972	1976