Northwest Harwich vs Yarmouth Port

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

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

Yarmouth Port has the higher population (5,825 vs 4,205 in Northwest Harwich). Yarmouth Port has the higher median household income ($108,563 vs $89,063 in Northwest Harwich). Northwest Harwich has the higher median home value ($596,800 vs $542,600 in Yarmouth Port).

Population, income & housing

	Northwest Harwich	Yarmouth Port
Population	4,205	5,825
Median age	56.4 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,063	$108,563
Median home value	$596,800	$542,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,636
Housing units	3,310	3,424
Homeownership rate	89.1%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northwest Harwich	Yarmouth Port
Population	4,136 → 4,205 (+1.7%)	5,242 → 5,825 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$74,208 → $89,063 (+20.0%)	$74,737 → $108,563 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$402,500 → $596,800 (+48.3%)	$379,800 → $542,600 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $3,501 (+197.7%)	$1,658 → $1,636 (-1.3%)

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

Yarmouth Port

Population

5,2425,825

Median household income

$74,737$108,563

Median home value

$379,800$542,600

Median gross rent

$1,658$1,636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northwest Harwich	Yarmouth Port
Under 5	0.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	10.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	5.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	17.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	20.0%	20.3%
75 and over	14.8%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northwest Harwich	Yarmouth Port
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northwest Harwich	Yarmouth Port
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	26.0%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northwest Harwich	Yarmouth Port
Drove alone	61.8%	70.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northwest Harwich	Yarmouth Port
1-unit, detached	87.0%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.1%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northwest Harwich	Yarmouth Port
Poverty rate	7.9%	5.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1980	1979