Hatfield vs Ware

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

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

Ware has the higher population (5,723 vs 1,361 in Hatfield). Hatfield has the higher median household income ($109,625 vs $52,039 in Ware). Hatfield has the higher median home value ($460,300 vs $229,700 in Ware).

Population, income & housing

	Hatfield	Ware
Population	1,361	5,723
Median age	53.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,625	$52,039
Median home value	$460,300	$229,700
Median gross rent	$846	$1,046
Housing units	620	2,996
Homeownership rate	85.4%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hatfield	Ware
Population	1,305 → 1,361 (+4.3%)	5,888 → 5,723 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$64,688 → $109,625 (+69.5%)	$42,550 → $52,039 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$311,500 → $460,300 (+47.8%)	$179,400 → $229,700 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $846 (-1.5%)	$943 → $1,046 (+10.9%)

Hatfield

Population

1,3051,361

Median household income

$64,688$109,625

Median home value

$311,500$460,300

Median gross rent

$859$846

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)

	Hatfield	Ware
Under 5	1.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	5.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	20.4%	6.9%
75 and over	11.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hatfield	Ware
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hatfield	Ware
No high school diploma	4.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	22.5%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hatfield	Ware
Drove alone	72.4%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	6.9%
Other means	1.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hatfield	Ware
1-unit, detached	64.7%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	38.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	9.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Hatfield	Ware
Poverty rate	5.6%	14.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1964	1938