North Eastham vs Pocasset

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

North Eastham 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 1,958 in North Eastham). Pocasset has the higher median household income ($84,544 vs $80,375 in North Eastham). North Eastham has the higher median home value ($641,200 vs $607,700 in Pocasset).

Population, income & housing

	North Eastham	Pocasset
Population	1,958	2,375
Median age	64.7 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,375	$84,544
Median home value	$641,200	$607,700
Median gross rent	$1,653	$671
Housing units	2,710	2,254
Homeownership rate	91.1%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Eastham	Pocasset
Population	1,612 → 1,958 (+21.5%)	2,893 → 2,375 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$70,864 → $80,375 (+13.4%)	$61,722 → $84,544 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$484,500 → $641,200 (+32.3%)	$362,000 → $607,700 (+67.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,303 → $1,653 (+26.9%)	$1,401 → $671 (-52.1%)

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

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)

	North Eastham	Pocasset
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.2%	7.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	6.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	27.3%	23.7%
75 and over	22.2%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Eastham	Pocasset
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	97.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Eastham	Pocasset
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	14.8%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.8%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Eastham	Pocasset
Drove alone	79.6%	66.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.8%
Public transit	2.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	22.7%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Eastham	Pocasset
1-unit, detached	94.3%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	North Eastham	Pocasset
Poverty rate	9.9%	3.9%
Average household size	2.02	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1973	1967