Monument Beach vs Sandwich

A side-by-side comparison of Monument Beach and Sandwich: population, income, housing, and more.

Monument Beach and Sandwich are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Monument Beach has the higher population (3,067 vs 2,976 in Sandwich). Sandwich has the higher median household income ($108,583 vs $86,953 in Monument Beach). Monument Beach has the higher median home value ($540,600 vs $511,000 in Sandwich).

Population, income & housing

	Monument Beach	Sandwich
Population	3,067	2,976
Median age	46.9 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,953	$108,583
Median home value	$540,600	$511,000
Median gross rent	$1,723	$1,729
Housing units	1,742	1,984
Homeownership rate	76.4%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monument Beach	Sandwich
Population	2,807 → 3,067 (+9.3%)	3,002 → 2,976 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$73,860 → $86,953 (+17.7%)	$93,333 → $108,583 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$397,700 → $540,600 (+35.9%)	$372,700 → $511,000 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,474 → $1,723 (+16.9%)	$1,182 → $1,729 (+46.3%)

Monument Beach

Population

2,8073,067

Median household income

$73,860$86,953

Median home value

$397,700$540,600

Median gross rent

$1,474$1,723

Sandwich

Population

3,0022,976

Median household income

$93,333$108,583

Median home value

$372,700$511,000

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monument Beach	Sandwich
Under 5	5.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	6.7%
35 to 44	3.7%	6.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	18.4%
65 to 74	16.5%	22.6%
75 and over	10.5%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monument Beach	Sandwich
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monument Beach	Sandwich
No high school diploma	2.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	18.9%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monument Beach	Sandwich
Drove alone	83.1%	69.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	8.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.7%
Walked	4.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	21.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monument Beach	Sandwich
1-unit, detached	77.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monument Beach	Sandwich
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1983	1967