South Yarmouth vs Yarmouth Port

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

South Yarmouth and Yarmouth Port 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 5,825 in Yarmouth Port). Yarmouth Port has the higher median household income ($108,563 vs $79,638 in South Yarmouth). Yarmouth Port has the higher median home value ($542,600 vs $465,100 in South Yarmouth).

Population, income & housing

	South Yarmouth	Yarmouth Port
Population	11,642	5,825
Median age	55.0 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,638	$108,563
Median home value	$465,100	$542,600
Median gross rent	$1,665	$1,636
Housing units	8,248	3,424
Homeownership rate	77.9%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Yarmouth	Yarmouth Port
Population	11,091 → 11,642 (+5.0%)	5,242 → 5,825 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$61,088 → $79,638 (+30.4%)	$74,737 → $108,563 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$329,600 → $465,100 (+41.1%)	$379,800 → $542,600 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,350 → $1,665 (+23.3%)	$1,658 → $1,636 (-1.3%)

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

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)

	South Yarmouth	Yarmouth Port
Under 5	3.6%	2.3%
5 to 17	9.0%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	15.8%	20.3%
75 and over	16.7%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Yarmouth	Yarmouth Port
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	95.5%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Yarmouth	Yarmouth Port
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Yarmouth	Yarmouth Port
Drove alone	81.6%	70.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.1%
Public transit	2.6%	0.7%
Walked	0.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	17.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Yarmouth	Yarmouth Port
1-unit, detached	81.7%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	South Yarmouth	Yarmouth Port
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1971	1979