Marshfield Hills vs Wareham Center

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

Marshfield Hills 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 2,121 in Marshfield Hills). Marshfield Hills has the higher median household income ($210,096 vs $88,424 in Wareham Center). Marshfield Hills has the higher median home value ($750,600 vs $411,500 in Wareham Center).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield Hills	Wareham Center
Population	2,121	2,737
Median age	44.9 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$210,096	$88,424
Median home value	$750,600	$411,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,207
Housing units	809	2,214
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield Hills	Wareham Center
Population	2,315 → 2,121 (-8.4%)	3,205 → 2,737 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$144,167 → $210,096 (+45.7%)	$41,250 → $88,424 (+114.4%)
Median home value	$628,600 → $750,600 (+19.4%)	$269,100 → $411,500 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$637 → $1,207 (+89.5%)

Marshfield Hills

Population

2,3152,121

Median household income

$144,167$210,096

Median home value

$628,600$750,600

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)

	Marshfield Hills	Wareham Center
Under 5	5.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	4.1%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	20.3%
55 to 64	21.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.1%
75 and over	10.4%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield Hills	Wareham Center
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield Hills	Wareham Center
No high school diploma	0.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	14.4%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield Hills	Wareham Center
Drove alone	72.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	1.1%	4.4%
Public transit	9.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield Hills	Wareham Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Marshfield Hills	Wareham Center
Poverty rate	0.4%	5.7%
Average household size	2.62	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	44	32
Median year structure built	1976	1946