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Harwich town, Barnstable County, MA

12,168 Population
20.9 square miles 582.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,650 ±$2,822 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $47,315 ±$1,127
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$78,932 ±$6,861 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $76,863 ±$1,835
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

4.9% ±2% (584  ±239) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Barnstable County: 6.7% 14,176 (±0.6% / ±1,282)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

22.3 minutes ±3.3 (120,510  ±21,160) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 25.2 2,371,175 (±0.8 / ±82,639)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

5,391 ±307 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 95,859 ±1,505
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.2 ±0.1 (11,991  ±76) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,801 (±0 / ±277)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

4% ±3.7% (64  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnstable County: 4.4% † 1,586 (±1.2% / ±438)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

10,502 ±418 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 164,064 ±136
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$464,500 ±$33,847 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $414,000 ±$6,024
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

9.1% ±3.7% (1,110  ±445.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 9.7% 20,447 (±0.8% / ±1,656.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

97.9% ±6.9% (9,524  ±731.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 95.8% 159,551 (±1.6% / ±2,734.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
45% ±4.4% (4,373  ±444.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 45% 74,952 (±1.1% / ±1,815.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.3% ±1.7% (519  ±209) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Barnstable County: 8.4% 17,985 (±0.7% / ±1,416)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

10.4% ±2% (1,104  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 8.8% 15,942 (±0.4% / ±746)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
1,104 Total veterans ±213 958 Male ±198 146 Female ±77

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