North Lakeville vs Wareham Center

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

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

North Lakeville has the higher population (3,602 vs 2,737 in Wareham Center). North Lakeville has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $88,424 in Wareham Center). North Lakeville has the higher median home value ($488,400 vs $411,500 in Wareham Center).

Population, income & housing

	North Lakeville	Wareham Center
Population	3,602	2,737
Median age	36.7 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$88,424
Median home value	$488,400	$411,500
Median gross rent	$1,858	$1,207
Housing units	1,381	2,214
Homeownership rate	61.2%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Lakeville	Wareham Center
Population	3,114 → 3,602 (+15.7%)	3,205 → 2,737 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$75,509 → $88,750 (+17.5%)	$41,250 → $88,424 (+114.4%)
Median home value	$340,400 → $488,400 (+43.5%)	$269,100 → $411,500 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,580 → $1,858 (+17.6%)	$637 → $1,207 (+89.5%)

North Lakeville

Population

3,1143,602

Median household income

$75,509$88,750

Median home value

$340,400$488,400

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,858

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)

	North Lakeville	Wareham Center
Under 5	7.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	4.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	20.3%
55 to 64	18.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.1%
75 and over	4.6%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Lakeville	Wareham Center
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Lakeville	Wareham Center
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	25.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Lakeville	Wareham Center
Drove alone	74.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	3.2%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Lakeville	Wareham Center
1-unit, detached	59.8%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	8.1%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	North Lakeville	Wareham Center
Poverty rate	9.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.67	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1994	1946