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Harwich town, Barnstable County, MA

12,147 Population
20.9 square miles 581.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barnstable County: 53.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$40,234 ±$2,771 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barnstable County: $44,505 ±$1,033
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$76,822 ±$6,267 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnstable County: $74,336 ±$1,919
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

6.3% ±2.5% (756  ±302) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 6.4% 13,529 (±0.6% / ±1,208)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

19.5 minutes ±1.6 (100,150  ±11,076) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barnstable County: 23.9 2,299,885 (±0.5 / ±60,736)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

5,433 ±223 Number of households
  • Barnstable County: 94,323 ±1,286
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.2 ±0.1 (11,979  ±121) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barnstable County: 2.2 210,788 (±0 / ±310)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

7.3% ±5.5% (122  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Barnstable County: 4.1% † 1,482 (±0.9% / ±321)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

10,585 ±329 Number of housing units
  • Barnstable County: 163,557 ±160
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$399,500 ±$19,476 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Barnstable County: $393,500 ±$3,335
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

8.9% ±2.8% (1,076  ±332.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Barnstable County: 9.3% 19,722 (±0.7% / ±1,525.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

96.6% ±5.7% (9,339  ±595.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barnstable County: 95.5% 158,330 (±1.4% / ±2,263.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
47.6% ±3.8% (4,597  ±386.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 43.4% 72,020 (±0.9% / ±1,481.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

6% ±2.1% (731  ±252) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Barnstable County: 8% 17,093 (±0.5% / ±1,098)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

10.6% ±2% (1,111  ±206) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnstable County: 9.6% 17,246 (±0.4% / ±651)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
1,111 Total veterans ±206 982 Male ±191 129 Female ±78

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