Harwich Center vs West Falmouth

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

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

West Falmouth has the higher population (1,655 vs 1,620 in Harwich Center). West Falmouth has the higher median household income ($115,735 vs $76,944 in Harwich Center). West Falmouth has the higher median home value ($734,000 vs $546,600 in Harwich Center).

Population, income & housing

	Harwich Center	West Falmouth
Population	1,620	1,655
Median age	57.2 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,944	$115,735
Median home value	$546,600	$734,000
Median gross rent	$1,355	$1,756
Housing units	1,229	1,209
Homeownership rate	67.5%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harwich Center	West Falmouth
Population	1,406 → 1,620 (+15.2%)	1,971 → 1,655 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$70,972 → $76,944 (+8.4%)	$150,246 → $115,735 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$395,300 → $546,600 (+38.3%)	$649,600 → $734,000 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $1,355 (+53.5%)	$1,815 → $1,756 (-3.3%)

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

West Falmouth

Population

1,9711,655

Median household income

$150,246$115,735

Median home value

$649,600$734,000

Median gross rent

$1,815$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harwich Center	West Falmouth
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	9.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.9%	2.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	1.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	24.6%
65 to 74	25.6%	14.5%
75 and over	12.1%	36.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harwich Center	West Falmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harwich Center	West Falmouth
No high school diploma	0.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	39.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harwich Center	West Falmouth
Drove alone	82.1%	74.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	24.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harwich Center	West Falmouth
1-unit, detached	81.9%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	6.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harwich Center	West Falmouth
Poverty rate	4.5%	10.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1972	1978