Huntington vs Ware

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

Huntington 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 853 in Huntington). Huntington has the higher median household income ($52,344 vs $52,039 in Ware). Huntington has the higher median home value ($301,800 vs $229,700 in Ware).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Ware
Population	853	5,723
Median age	34.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,344	$52,039
Median home value	$301,800	$229,700
Median gross rent	$1,286	$1,046
Housing units	345	2,996
Homeownership rate	69.0%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Ware
Population	634 → 853 (+34.5%)	5,888 → 5,723 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $52,344 (-0.3%)	$42,550 → $52,039 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$163,800 → $301,800 (+84.2%)	$179,400 → $229,700 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,286 (+38.6%)	$943 → $1,046 (+10.9%)

Huntington

Population

634853

Median household income

$52,500$52,344

Median home value

$163,800$301,800

Median gross rent

$928$1,286

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)

	Huntington	Ware
Under 5	11.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	6.9%
75 and over	8.1%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Ware
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	86.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Ware
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	24.2%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Ware
Drove alone	91.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	1.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	6.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Ware
1-unit, detached	68.4%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	38.4%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Ware
Poverty rate	26.8%	14.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1953	1938