Wareham Center vs West Wareham

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

Wareham 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 2,737 in Wareham Center). Wareham Center has the higher median household income ($88,424 vs $55,900 in West Wareham). Wareham Center has the higher median home value ($411,500 vs $204,200 in West Wareham).

Population, income & housing

	Wareham Center	West Wareham
Population	2,737	2,776
Median age	53.3 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,424	$55,900
Median home value	$411,500	$204,200
Median gross rent	$1,207	—
Housing units	2,214	1,225
Homeownership rate	69.6%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wareham Center	West Wareham
Population	3,205 → 2,737 (-14.6%)	2,259 → 2,776 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $88,424 (+114.4%)	$52,404 → $55,900 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$269,100 → $411,500 (+52.9%)	$188,400 → $204,200 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $1,207 (+89.5%)	$1,325 → $1,269 (-4.2%)

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

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)

	Wareham Center	West Wareham
Under 5	5.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	4.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	5.8%
45 to 54	20.3%	4.3%
55 to 64	18.1%	19.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.9%
75 and over	14.7%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wareham Center	West Wareham
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	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	6.6%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wareham Center	West Wareham
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wareham Center	West Wareham
Drove alone	77.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wareham Center	West Wareham
1-unit, detached	83.8%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Wareham Center	West Wareham
Poverty rate	5.7%	20.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1946	1982