Orleans vs West Chatham

A side-by-side comparison of Orleans and West Chatham: population, income, housing, and more.

Orleans and West Chatham are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orleans has the higher population (1,618 vs 1,337 in West Chatham). West Chatham has the higher median household income ($135,199 vs $76,768 in Orleans). West Chatham has the higher median home value ($743,100 vs $542,500 in Orleans).

Population, income & housing

	Orleans	West Chatham
Population	1,618	1,337
Median age	64.4 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,768	$135,199
Median home value	$542,500	$743,100
Median gross rent	$960	—
Housing units	1,420	2,044
Homeownership rate	66.2%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	74.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orleans	West Chatham
Population	1,798 → 1,618 (-10.0%)	1,154 → 1,337 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $76,768 (+40.2%)	$79,464 → $135,199 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$441,800 → $542,500 (+22.8%)	$628,000 → $743,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $960 (-23.3%)	$1,353 → $1,622 (+19.9%)

Orleans

Population

1,7981,618

Median household income

$54,750$76,768

Median home value

$441,800$542,500

Median gross rent

$1,252$960

West Chatham

Population

1,1541,337

Median household income

$79,464$135,199

Median home value

$628,000$743,100

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orleans	West Chatham
Under 5	1.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	6.2%	5.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	4.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	21.9%	20.0%
75 and over	24.1%	26.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orleans	West Chatham
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orleans	West Chatham
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.8%
High school graduate	24.2%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	37.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orleans	West Chatham
Drove alone	68.5%	61.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	10.3%
Walked	2.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orleans	West Chatham
1-unit, detached	48.7%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orleans	West Chatham
Poverty rate	14.8%	18.2%
Average household size	1.81	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1979	1976