Mashpee Neck vs Woods Hole

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

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

Mashpee Neck has the higher population (1,071 vs 999 in Woods Hole). Mashpee Neck has the higher median household income ($131,250 vs $72,386 in Woods Hole). Woods Hole has the higher median home value ($876,700 vs $578,400 in Mashpee Neck).

Population, income & housing

	Mashpee Neck	Woods Hole
Population	1,071	999
Median age	57.2 yrs	67.6 yrs
Median household income	$131,250	$72,386
Median home value	$578,400	$876,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,180
Housing units	638	1,213
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	82.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mashpee Neck	Woods Hole
Population	1,386 → 1,071 (-22.7%)	816 → 999 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$114,904 → $131,250 (+14.2%)	$97,569 → $72,386 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$392,900 → $578,400 (+47.2%)	$809,000 → $876,700 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,657 → $1,656 (-0.1%)	$1,336 → $1,180 (-11.7%)

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

Woods Hole

Population

816999

Median household income

$97,569$72,386

Median home value

$809,000$876,700

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mashpee Neck	Woods Hole
Under 5	2.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	2.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	3.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	4.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	1.6%
55 to 64	26.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	17.2%	33.2%
75 and over	10.5%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mashpee Neck	Woods Hole
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	91.9%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mashpee Neck	Woods Hole
No high school diploma	2.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.3%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	9.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	63.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mashpee Neck	Woods Hole
Drove alone	82.9%	58.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	7.1%
Walked	2.9%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.6%
Worked from home	12.5%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mashpee Neck	Woods Hole
1-unit, detached	94.0%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mashpee Neck	Woods Hole
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.52	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1992	1954