Cedar Crest vs Wareham Center

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Crest and Wareham Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Crest and Wareham Center are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wareham Center has the higher population (2,737 vs 2,289 in Cedar Crest). Cedar Crest has the higher median household income ($175,313 vs $88,424 in Wareham Center). Cedar Crest has the higher median home value ($606,500 vs $411,500 in Wareham Center).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Crest	Wareham Center
Population	2,289	2,737
Median age	40.2 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$175,313	$88,424
Median home value	$606,500	$411,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,207
Housing units	908	2,214
Homeownership rate	92.3%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.4%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Crest	Wareham Center
Population	2,548 → 2,289 (-10.2%)	3,205 → 2,737 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$146,705 → $175,313 (+19.5%)	$41,250 → $88,424 (+114.4%)
Median home value	$429,500 → $606,500 (+41.2%)	$269,100 → $411,500 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,070 (-4.6%)	$637 → $1,207 (+89.5%)

Cedar Crest

Population

2,5482,289

Median household income

$146,705$175,313

Median home value

$429,500$606,500

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,070

Wareham Center

Population

3,2052,737

Median household income

$41,250$88,424

Median home value

$269,100$411,500

Median gross rent

$637$1,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Crest	Wareham Center
Under 5	2.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	4.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	21.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	20.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.1%
75 and over	8.0%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Crest	Wareham Center
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Crest	Wareham Center
No high school diploma	2.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	16.8%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Crest	Wareham Center
Drove alone	79.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	17.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Crest	Wareham Center
1-unit, detached	91.5%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Crest	Wareham Center
Poverty rate	2.4%	5.7%
Average household size	2.93	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	43	32
Median year structure built	1962	1946