Northampton vs Ware

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

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

Northampton has the higher population (28,640 vs 5,723 in Ware). Northampton has the higher median household income ($78,467 vs $52,039 in Ware). Northampton has the higher median home value ($398,000 vs $229,700 in Ware).

Population, income & housing

	Northampton	Ware
Population	28,640	5,723
Median age	41.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,467	$52,039
Median home value	$398,000	$229,700
Median gross rent	$1,404	$1,046
Housing units	13,217	2,996
Homeownership rate	57.7%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.3%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northampton	Ware
Population	28,516 → 28,640 (+0.4%)	5,888 → 5,723 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$66,522 → $78,467 (+18.0%)	$42,550 → $52,039 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$332,100 → $398,000 (+19.8%)	$179,400 → $229,700 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,158 → $1,404 (+21.2%)	$943 → $1,046 (+10.9%)

Northampton

Population

28,51628,640

Median household income

$66,522$78,467

Median home value

$332,100$398,000

Median gross rent

$1,158$1,404

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)

	Northampton	Ware
Under 5	3.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	14.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	6.9%
75 and over	8.1%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northampton	Ware
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	86.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northampton	Ware
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	13.7%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	34.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northampton	Ware
Drove alone	59.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	11.4%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	6.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northampton	Ware
1-unit, detached	44.8%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	38.4%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Northampton	Ware
Poverty rate	12.5%	14.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1956	1938