Amherst Town vs Ware

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst Town and Ware: population, income, housing, and more.

Amherst Town and Ware are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amherst Town has the higher population (35,472 vs 5,723 in Ware). Amherst Town has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $52,039 in Ware). Amherst Town has the higher median home value ($454,000 vs $229,700 in Ware).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst Town	Ware
Population	35,472	5,723
Median age	21.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$52,039
Median home value	$454,000	$229,700
Median gross rent	$1,570	$1,046
Housing units	10,400	2,996
Homeownership rate	45.9%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst Town	Ware
Population	39,995 → 35,472 (-11.3%)	5,888 → 5,723 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$56,906 → $65,938 (+15.9%)	$42,550 → $52,039 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$369,600 → $454,000 (+22.8%)	$179,400 → $229,700 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,570 (+23.1%)	$943 → $1,046 (+10.9%)

Amherst Town

Population

39,99535,472

Median household income

$56,906$65,938

Median home value

$369,600$454,000

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,570

Ware

Population

5,8885,723

Median household income

$42,550$52,039

Median home value

$179,400$229,700

Median gross rent

$943$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst Town	Ware
Under 5	1.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	6.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	58.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	5.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	5.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	5.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	6.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	6.9%
75 and over	3.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst Town	Ware
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	86.1%
Black or African American	4.5%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst Town	Ware
No high school diploma	2.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	8.6%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	52.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst Town	Ware
Drove alone	42.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.4%
Public transit	8.2%	0.0%
Walked	21.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	6.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst Town	Ware
1-unit, detached	42.9%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	38.4%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	9.4%
20 or more units	18.5%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Amherst Town	Ware
Poverty rate	24.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1974	1938