Marshfield Hills vs West Wareham

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

Marshfield Hills 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 2,121 in Marshfield Hills). Marshfield Hills has the higher median household income ($210,096 vs $55,900 in West Wareham). Marshfield Hills has the higher median home value ($750,600 vs $204,200 in West Wareham).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield Hills	West Wareham
Population	2,121	2,776
Median age	44.9 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$210,096	$55,900
Median home value	$750,600	$204,200
Housing units	809	1,225
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield Hills	West Wareham
Population	2,315 → 2,121 (-8.4%)	2,259 → 2,776 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$144,167 → $210,096 (+45.7%)	$52,404 → $55,900 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$628,600 → $750,600 (+19.4%)	$188,400 → $204,200 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,325 → $1,269 (-4.2%)

Marshfield Hills

Population

2,3152,121

Median household income

$144,167$210,096

Median home value

$628,600$750,600

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)

	Marshfield Hills	West Wareham
Under 5	5.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	1.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	5.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	4.3%
55 to 64	21.7%	19.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.9%
75 and over	10.4%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield Hills	West Wareham
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	3.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield Hills	West Wareham
No high school diploma	0.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	14.4%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield Hills	West Wareham
Drove alone	72.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	1.1%	0.0%
Public transit	9.5%	1.5%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield Hills	West Wareham
1-unit, detached	100.0%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Marshfield Hills	West Wareham
Poverty rate	0.4%	20.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	44	25
Median year structure built	1976	1982