Demographics of Harwich town, Massachusetts

Harwich town, Massachusetts had 13,635 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +214 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Harwich town, in four figures

13,635
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 13,598 ±18.; +1.6%
Change since July 2020: +214 people.; 58.6 ±1.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $96,966 ±$12,559
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a town, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Harwich town, Massachusetts's population grew 1.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Harwich town, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Harwich town, Massachusetts's population grew 1.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Harwich town, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	13,421	100.0	100.0
2021	13,619	101.5	100.2
2022	13,678	101.9	100.7
2023	13,692	102.0	101.6
2024	13,680	101.9	102.5
2025	13,635	101.6	103.1

Population of Harwich town, Massachusetts on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	13,421	—
2021	13,619	+198
2022	13,678	+59
2023	13,692	+14
2024	13,680	−12
2025	13,635	−45

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 58.6 ±1.5: for men 56.4 ±3.1 and for women 60.1 ±1.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Harwich town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under 5	305 ±129	2.2% ±0.9	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,290 ±320	9.5% ±2.4	14.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	831 ±359	6.1% ±2.6	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,104 ±363	15.5% ±2.7	27.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,199 ±530	30.9% ±3.9	25.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,869 ±477	35.8% ±3.5	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $96,966 ±$12,559, and income per person $64,329 ±$4,651, in 2024 dollars. The median is $103,960 ±$527 in Massachusetts and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Harwich town by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under $25,000	577 ±175	9.0% ±2.7	13.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	634 ±177	9.9% ±2.7	12.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,021 ±236	16.0% ±3.6	12.0% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,018 ±289	15.9% ±4.5	10.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,169 ±249	18.3% ±3.8	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	729 ±277	11.4% ±4.3	11.9% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,246 ±262	19.5% ±4.0	22.3% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Harwich town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Massachusetts	United States
All ages	656 ±157	4.9% ±1.2	10.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	0 to 36	0% to 2.4%	11.7% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	259 ±102	4.7% ±1.8	9.3% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	397 ±153	6.3% ±2.3	10.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Harwich town, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Harwich town	Massachusetts	United States
Housing units	10,272 ±423	3,030,406 ±453	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	62.2% ±3.5	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	37.8% ±3.0	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	84.8% ±3.7	62.5% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	15.2% ±3.7	37.5% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$658,600 ±$25,872	$562,100 ±$2,169	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$2,017 ±$738	$1,762 ±$9	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1976 ±3	1964 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Harwich town by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Hispanic or Latino	73 to 383	0.5% to 2.8%	13.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	12,570 ±333	92.4% ±2.4	66.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 77	0% to 0.6%	6.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 410	0% to 3.0%	7.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 31	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	35 to 211	0.3% to 1.6%	1.2% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	429 ±194	3.2% ±1.4	5.1% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Harwich town by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Born in the state	8,228 ±527	60.5% ±3.9	58.7% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,630 ±583	34.0% ±4.3	20.3% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	62 to 276	0.5% to 2.0%	2.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	571 ±228	4.2% ±1.7	18.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	478 ±217	3.5% ±1.6	9.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	30 to 156	0.2% to 1.1%	8.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Harwich town among the places and towns of Massachusetts

153rd of 291 places and towns of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Massachusetts page.

Places of Massachusetts near Harwich town in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
East Bridgewater town	14,456 ±23
Kingston town	14,027 ±17
Millbury town	13,961 ±38
Ipswich town	13,930 ±25
Wayland town	13,914 ±32
Harwich town	13,598 ±18
Medway town	13,436 ±25
Charlton town	13,435 ±19
Oxford town	13,385 ±34
Medfield town	13,068 ±31
Lynnfield CDP	13,064 ±19

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Massachusetts by median rent
No. 4 Places in Massachusetts by median age
No. 15 Places in Massachusetts by homeownership rate
No. 61 Places in Massachusetts by per capita income
No. 72 Places in Massachusetts by poverty rate
No. 73 Places in Massachusetts by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026