Cedar Crest vs West Wareham

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

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

West Wareham has the higher population (2,776 vs 2,289 in Cedar Crest). Cedar Crest has the higher median household income ($175,313 vs $55,900 in West Wareham). Cedar Crest has the higher median home value ($606,500 vs $204,200 in West Wareham).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Crest	West Wareham
Population	2,289	2,776
Median age	40.2 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$175,313	$55,900
Median home value	$606,500	$204,200
Housing units	908	1,225
Homeownership rate	92.3%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.4%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Crest	West Wareham
Population	2,548 → 2,289 (-10.2%)	2,259 → 2,776 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$146,705 → $175,313 (+19.5%)	$52,404 → $55,900 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$429,500 → $606,500 (+41.2%)	$188,400 → $204,200 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,122 → $1,070 (-4.6%)	$1,325 → $1,269 (-4.2%)

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

West Wareham

Population

2,2592,776

Median household income

$52,404$55,900

Median home value

$188,400$204,200

Median gross rent

$1,325$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Crest	West Wareham
Under 5	2.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	21.3%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	4.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.9%
75 and over	8.0%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Crest	West Wareham
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Crest	West Wareham
No high school diploma	2.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	16.8%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Crest	West Wareham
Drove alone	79.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	18.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Crest	West Wareham
1-unit, detached	91.5%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Crest	West Wareham
Poverty rate	2.4%	20.1%
Average household size	2.93	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	43	25
Median year structure built	1962	1982