Mattapoisett Center vs Wareham Center

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

Mattapoisett Center 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 2,573 in Mattapoisett Center). Mattapoisett Center has the higher median household income ($99,864 vs $88,424 in Wareham Center). Mattapoisett Center has the higher median home value ($649,200 vs $411,500 in Wareham Center).

Population, income & housing

	Mattapoisett Center	Wareham Center
Population	2,573	2,737
Median age	50.6 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$99,864	$88,424
Median home value	$649,200	$411,500
Median gross rent	$1,708	$1,207
Housing units	1,638	2,214
Homeownership rate	66.5%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mattapoisett Center	Wareham Center
Population	3,354 → 2,573 (-23.3%)	3,205 → 2,737 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$93,826 → $99,864 (+6.4%)	$41,250 → $88,424 (+114.4%)
Median home value	$500,000 → $649,200 (+29.8%)	$269,100 → $411,500 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,708 (+39.8%)	$637 → $1,207 (+89.5%)

Mattapoisett Center

Population

3,3542,573

Median household income

$93,826$99,864

Median home value

$500,000$649,200

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,708

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)

	Mattapoisett Center	Wareham Center
Under 5	0.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	4.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	6.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	20.3%
55 to 64	20.3%	18.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.1%
75 and over	14.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mattapoisett Center	Wareham Center
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mattapoisett Center	Wareham Center
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	10.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	31.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mattapoisett Center	Wareham Center
Drove alone	66.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	1.6%	4.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.5%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mattapoisett Center	Wareham Center
1-unit, detached	79.1%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Mattapoisett Center	Wareham Center
Poverty rate	5.3%	5.7%
Average household size	1.98	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1967	1946