North Falmouth vs Sandwich

A side-by-side comparison of North Falmouth and Sandwich: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandwich has the higher population (2,976 vs 2,558 in North Falmouth). North Falmouth has the higher median household income ($133,571 vs $108,583 in Sandwich). North Falmouth has the higher median home value ($656,400 vs $511,000 in Sandwich).

Population, income & housing

	North Falmouth	Sandwich
Population	2,558	2,976
Median age	49.4 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$133,571	$108,583
Median home value	$656,400	$511,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,729
Housing units	2,745	1,984
Homeownership rate	90.4%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.7%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Falmouth	Sandwich
Population	2,516 → 2,558 (+1.7%)	3,002 → 2,976 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$96,404 → $133,571 (+38.6%)	$93,333 → $108,583 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$553,700 → $656,400 (+18.5%)	$372,700 → $511,000 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,406 → $1,157 (-17.7%)	$1,182 → $1,729 (+46.3%)

North Falmouth

Population

2,5162,558

Median household income

$96,404$133,571

Median home value

$553,700$656,400

Median gross rent

$1,406$1,157

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)

	North Falmouth	Sandwich
Under 5	8.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	6.6%
45 to 54	5.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	18.4%
65 to 74	17.9%	22.6%
75 and over	13.0%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Falmouth	Sandwich
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Falmouth	Sandwich
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	9.6%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	44.4%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Falmouth	Sandwich
Drove alone	53.6%	69.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.2%
Public transit	1.7%	0.7%
Walked	5.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.2%	21.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Falmouth	Sandwich
1-unit, detached	91.7%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Falmouth	Sandwich
Poverty rate	1.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1971	1967