Harwich Port vs Pocasset

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

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

Pocasset has the higher population (2,375 vs 2,011 in Harwich Port). Pocasset has the higher median household income ($84,544 vs $64,813 in Harwich Port). Harwich Port has the higher median home value ($654,900 vs $607,700 in Pocasset).

Population, income & housing

	Harwich Port	Pocasset
Population	2,011	2,375
Median age	62.8 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,813	$84,544
Median home value	$654,900	$607,700
Median gross rent	$1,174	$671
Housing units	2,309	2,254
Homeownership rate	77.2%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harwich Port	Pocasset
Population	1,809 → 2,011 (+11.2%)	2,893 → 2,375 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$58,438 → $64,813 (+10.9%)	$61,722 → $84,544 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$543,600 → $654,900 (+20.5%)	$362,000 → $607,700 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,174 (+38.6%)	$1,401 → $671 (-52.1%)

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

Pocasset

Population

2,8932,375

Median household income

$61,722$84,544

Median home value

$362,000$607,700

Median gross rent

$1,401$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harwich Port	Pocasset
Under 5	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.2%	7.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	6.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	6.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	20.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	16.2%	23.7%
75 and over	26.0%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harwich Port	Pocasset
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	97.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harwich Port	Pocasset
No high school diploma	0.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	8.9%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.7%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harwich Port	Pocasset
Drove alone	71.0%	66.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	9.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.8%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	22.7%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harwich Port	Pocasset
1-unit, detached	83.0%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Harwich Port	Pocasset
Poverty rate	7.9%	3.9%
Average household size	1.78	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1961	1967