Northwest Harwich vs South Yarmouth

A side-by-side comparison of Northwest Harwich and South Yarmouth: population, income, housing, and more.

Northwest Harwich and South Yarmouth are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Yarmouth has the higher population (11,642 vs 4,205 in Northwest Harwich). Northwest Harwich has the higher median household income ($89,063 vs $79,638 in South Yarmouth). Northwest Harwich has the higher median home value ($596,800 vs $465,100 in South Yarmouth).

Population, income & housing

	Northwest Harwich	South Yarmouth
Population	4,205	11,642
Median age	56.4 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$89,063	$79,638
Median home value	$596,800	$465,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,665
Housing units	3,310	8,248
Homeownership rate	89.1%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwest Harwich	South Yarmouth
Population	4,136 → 4,205 (+1.7%)	11,091 → 11,642 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$74,208 → $89,063 (+20.0%)	$61,088 → $79,638 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$402,500 → $596,800 (+48.3%)	$329,600 → $465,100 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $3,501 (+197.7%)	$1,350 → $1,665 (+23.3%)

Northwest Harwich

Population

4,1364,205

Median household income

$74,208$89,063

Median home value

$402,500$596,800

Median gross rent

$1,176$3,501

South Yarmouth

Population

11,09111,642

Median household income

$61,088$79,638

Median home value

$329,600$465,100

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northwest Harwich	South Yarmouth
Under 5	0.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	9.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	5.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	17.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	20.0%	15.8%
75 and over	14.8%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwest Harwich	South Yarmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	1.5%
Two or more races	7.4%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwest Harwich	South Yarmouth
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	26.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwest Harwich	South Yarmouth
Drove alone	61.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	1.5%
Worked from home	25.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwest Harwich	South Yarmouth
1-unit, detached	87.0%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.1%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Northwest Harwich	South Yarmouth
Poverty rate	7.9%	9.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1980	1971