Orleans vs West Falmouth

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

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

West Falmouth has the higher population (1,655 vs 1,618 in Orleans). West Falmouth has the higher median household income ($115,735 vs $76,768 in Orleans). West Falmouth has the higher median home value ($734,000 vs $542,500 in Orleans).

Population, income & housing

	Orleans	West Falmouth
Population	1,618	1,655
Median age	64.4 yrs	65.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,768	$115,735
Median home value	$542,500	$734,000
Median gross rent	$960	$1,756
Housing units	1,420	1,209
Homeownership rate	66.2%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orleans	West Falmouth
Population	1,798 → 1,618 (-10.0%)	1,971 → 1,655 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $76,768 (+40.2%)	$150,246 → $115,735 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$441,800 → $542,500 (+22.8%)	$649,600 → $734,000 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $960 (-23.3%)	$1,815 → $1,756 (-3.3%)

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 Falmouth

Population

1,9711,655

Median household income

$150,246$115,735

Median home value

$649,600$734,000

Median gross rent

$1,815$1,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orleans	West Falmouth
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.2%	9.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.4%	2.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	1.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	24.6%
65 to 74	21.9%	14.5%
75 and over	24.1%	36.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orleans	West Falmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orleans	West Falmouth
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	24.2%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	39.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orleans	West Falmouth
Drove alone	68.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orleans	West Falmouth
1-unit, detached	48.7%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	14.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orleans	West Falmouth
Poverty rate	14.8%	10.0%
Average household size	1.81	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1979	1978