Mashpee Neck vs West Chatham

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

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

West Chatham has the higher population (1,337 vs 1,071 in Mashpee Neck). West Chatham has the higher median household income ($135,199 vs $131,250 in Mashpee Neck). West Chatham has the higher median home value ($743,100 vs $578,400 in Mashpee Neck).

Population, income & housing

	Mashpee Neck	West Chatham
Population	1,071	1,337
Median age	57.2 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$131,250	$135,199
Median home value	$578,400	$743,100
Housing units	638	2,044
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	74.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mashpee Neck	West Chatham
Population	1,386 → 1,071 (-22.7%)	1,154 → 1,337 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$114,904 → $131,250 (+14.2%)	$79,464 → $135,199 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$392,900 → $578,400 (+47.2%)	$628,000 → $743,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,657 → $1,656 (-0.1%)	$1,353 → $1,622 (+19.9%)

Mashpee Neck

Population

1,3861,071

Median household income

$114,904$131,250

Median home value

$392,900$578,400

Median gross rent

$1,657$1,656

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)

	Mashpee Neck	West Chatham
Under 5	2.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	5.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	3.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	26.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	17.2%	20.0%
75 and over	10.5%	26.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mashpee Neck	West Chatham
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	75.8%
Black or African American	3.8%	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	3.5%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mashpee Neck	West Chatham
No high school diploma	2.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	22.3%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	37.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mashpee Neck	West Chatham
Drove alone	82.9%	61.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	10.3%
Walked	2.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mashpee Neck	West Chatham
1-unit, detached	94.0%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mashpee Neck	West Chatham
Poverty rate	2.9%	18.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1992	1976