Harwich Port vs North Eastham

A side-by-side comparison of Harwich Port and North Eastham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harwich Port has the higher population (2,011 vs 1,958 in North Eastham). North Eastham has the higher median household income ($80,375 vs $64,813 in Harwich Port). Harwich Port has the higher median home value ($654,900 vs $641,200 in North Eastham).

Population, income & housing

	Harwich Port	North Eastham
Population	2,011	1,958
Median age	62.8 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,813	$80,375
Median home value	$654,900	$641,200
Median gross rent	$1,174	$1,653
Housing units	2,309	2,710
Homeownership rate	77.2%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harwich Port	North Eastham
Population	1,809 → 2,011 (+11.2%)	1,612 → 1,958 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$58,438 → $64,813 (+10.9%)	$70,864 → $80,375 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$543,600 → $654,900 (+20.5%)	$484,500 → $641,200 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,174 (+38.6%)	$1,303 → $1,653 (+26.9%)

Harwich Port

Population

1,8092,011

Median household income

$58,438$64,813

Median home value

$543,600$654,900

Median gross rent

$847$1,174

North Eastham

Population

1,6121,958

Median household income

$70,864$80,375

Median home value

$484,500$641,200

Median gross rent

$1,303$1,653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harwich Port	North Eastham
Under 5	2.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	6.2%	7.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	6.4%	6.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	7.1%
55 to 64	20.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.2%	27.3%
75 and over	26.0%	22.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harwich Port	North Eastham
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harwich Port	North Eastham
No high school diploma	0.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	8.9%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	31.7%	29.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harwich Port	North Eastham
Drove alone	71.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	1.0%	4.1%
Public transit	1.1%	2.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	11.7%
Other means	2.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harwich Port	North Eastham
1-unit, detached	83.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harwich Port	North Eastham
Poverty rate	7.9%	9.9%
Average household size	1.78	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1961	1973