Mattapoisett Center vs West Wareham

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

Mattapoisett Center 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 2,573 in Mattapoisett Center). Mattapoisett Center has the higher median household income ($99,864 vs $55,900 in West Wareham). Mattapoisett Center has the higher median home value ($649,200 vs $204,200 in West Wareham).

Population, income & housing

	Mattapoisett Center	West Wareham
Population	2,573	2,776
Median age	50.6 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$99,864	$55,900
Median home value	$649,200	$204,200
Median gross rent	$1,708	—
Housing units	1,638	1,225
Homeownership rate	66.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mattapoisett Center	West Wareham
Population	3,354 → 2,573 (-23.3%)	2,259 → 2,776 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$93,826 → $99,864 (+6.4%)	$52,404 → $55,900 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$500,000 → $649,200 (+29.8%)	$188,400 → $204,200 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,708 (+39.8%)	$1,325 → $1,269 (-4.2%)

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

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)

	Mattapoisett Center	West Wareham
Under 5	0.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	5.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	4.3%
55 to 64	20.3%	19.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.9%
75 and over	14.3%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mattapoisett Center	West Wareham
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mattapoisett Center	West Wareham
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	10.1%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mattapoisett Center	West Wareham
Drove alone	66.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	1.2%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.5%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mattapoisett Center	West Wareham
1-unit, detached	79.1%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Mattapoisett Center	West Wareham
Poverty rate	5.3%	20.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1967	1982