Harwich, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 12,298 (Urban population: 11,183, Rural population: 1,115 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 9,450 (5,471 occupied: 4,497 owner occupied, 974 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	18%
State:	38%

Housing density: 449 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $855 (lower quartile is $591, upper quartile is $1,133)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $841

Median gross rent in Harwich, MA in 2007: $1,015

Housing units in Harwich with a mortgage: 2,328 (78 second mortgage, 264 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,729

Harwich,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $420,270 (it was $180,000 in 2000)

Harwich:	$420,270
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $345,077 - $609,576

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $502,120
Here: $502,120
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $377,884
Here: $377,884
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $579,209
Here: $579,209
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $252,996
Here: $252,996
State: $431,982

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $256,727
Here: $256,727
State: $335,381

Household type by relationship

Households: 12,050

In family households: 9,774 (2,313 male householders, 1,214 female householders)
2,932 spouses, 2,812 children (2,634 natural, 48 adopted, 130 stepchildren), 124 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 128 parents, 76 other relatives, 136 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,276 (690 male householders (508 living alone)), 1,253 female householders (1,129 living alone)), 333 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 336 (296 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,034 2-persons, 694 3-persons, 510 4-persons, 207 5-persons, 62 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,637 1-person, 270 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 9 4-persons.

1,582 married couples with children.
504 single-parent households (93 men, 411 women).

95.0% of residents of Harwich speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 376 (3.0%)
(66.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.6
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Harwich, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 18 3 rooms: 36 4 rooms: 364 5 rooms: 1,002 6 rooms: 1,404 7 rooms: 844 8 rooms: 510 9 or more rooms: 319

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Harwich, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 11 2 rooms: 32 3 rooms: 193 4 rooms: 226 5 rooms: 233 6 rooms: 147 7 rooms: 49 8 rooms: 52 9 or more rooms: 31

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 131
1995 to 1998: 732
1990 to 1994: 573
1980 to 1989: 2,087
1970 to 1979: 1,893
1960 to 1969: 1,471
1950 to 1959: 919
1940 to 1949: 447
1939 or earlier: 1,197

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Harwich:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 89 2 bedrooms: 1,129 3 bedrooms: 2,376 4 bedrooms: 713 5 or more bedrooms: 190

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Harwich:
	no bedroom: 17 1 bedroom: 225 2 bedrooms: 368 3 bedrooms: 265 4 bedrooms: 80 5 or more bedrooms: 19

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Harwich in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 86 1 vehicle: 1,450 2 vehicles: 2,255 3 vehicles: 527 4 vehicles: 125 5 or more vehicles: 54

Cars and other vehicles available in Harwich in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 65 1 vehicle: 622 2 vehicles: 194 3 vehicles: 57 4 vehicles: 14 5 or more vehicles: 22

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Harwich, MA:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 3
$40,000 to $49,999: 4
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 0
$125,000 to $149,999: 7
$150,000 to $174,999: 38
$175,000 to $199,999: 39
$200,000 to $249,999: 212
$250,000 to $299,999: 407
$300,000 to $399,999: 1314
$400,000 to $499,999: 756
$500,000 to $749,999: 997
$750,000 to $999,999: 372
$1,000,000 or more: 318

Harwich rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Harwich:

Less than $100: 8 people
$100 to $149: 6
$150 to $199: 16
$200 to $249: 13
$250 to $299: 13
$300 to $349: 15
$350 to $399: 14
$400 to $449: 24
$450 to $499: 36
$500 to $549: 19
$550 to $599: 22
$600 to $649: 24
$650 to $699: 26
$700 to $749: 42
$750 to $799: 56
$800 to $899: 144
$900 to $999: 91
$1,000 to $1,249: 189
$1,250 to $1,499: 64
$1,500 to $1,999: 13
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 134

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 16 1990 to 1994: 56 1985 to 1989: 35 1980 to 1984: 34 1975 to 1979: 6 1970 to 1974: 7 1970 to 1974: 14 1965 to 1969: 208

Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.8%
Number of people working at home: 279 (5.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 267
5 to 9 minutes: 785
10 to 14 minutes: 994
15 to 19 minutes: 1036
20 to 24 minutes: 587
25 to 29 minutes: 232
30 to 34 minutes: 473
35 to 39 minutes: 17
40 to 44 minutes: 23
45 to 59 minutes: 123
60 to 89 minutes: 177
90 or more minutes: 167

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 4,469 (87%)
Carpooled: 243 (5%)
Bus or trolley bus: 48 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 6 (0%)
Bicycle: 9 (0%)
Walked: 78 (2%)
Other means: 28 (1%)
Worked at home: 279 (5%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 332
$10,000 to $14,999: 347
$15,000 to $19,999: 401
$20,000 to $24,999: 375
$25,000 to $29,999: 376
$30,000 to $34,999: 375
$35,000 to $39,999: 385
$40,000 to $44,999: 377
$45,000 to $49,999: 267
$50,000 to $59,999: 572
$60,000 to $74,999: 650
$75,000 to $99,999: 479
$100,000 to $124,999: 261
$125,000 to $149,999: 108
$150,000 to $199,999: 92
$200,000 or more: 73

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 2659

English: 2217

Italian: 815

German: 767

French (except Basque): 589

United States or American: 570

Scottish: 450

Swedish: 431

Portuguese: 378

Other groups: 279

Polish: 256

Subsaharan African:: 221

Cape Verdean: 211

Scotch-Irish: 205

French Canadian: 195

Greek: 158

Dutch: 118

Welsh: 97

Norwegian: 92

Russian: 72

Lithuanian: 58

British: 57

Danish: 53

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 51

Finnish: 47

Arab:: 46

Canadian: 42

Armenian: 30

Lebanese: 28

Hungarian: 23

Jamaican: 21

West Indian: 20

Czechoslovakian: 17

Austrian: 17

European: 17

Yugoslavian: 16

Albanian: 14

Slovak: 14

African: 10

Haitian: 10

Ukrainian: 9

Czech: 7

Syrian: 7

Brazilian: 7

Other Arab: 7

Romanian: 7

Scandinavian: 6

Swiss: 6

Arab/Arabic: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

United Kingdom (21%)
Canada (11%)
Other Northern Europe (9%)
Germany (8%)
Pakistan (8%)
Greece (5%)
Italy (5%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 7969
Northeast: 2991
Midwest: 385
South: 463
West: 110

59% of Harwich residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 21
7th and 8th grade: 5
9th grade: 30
10th grade: 52
11th grade: 43
12th grade, no diploma: 78
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,334
Less than 1 year of college: 142
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 607
Associate degree: 329
Bachelor's degree: 911
Master's degree: 470
Professional school degree: 101
Doctorate degree: 66

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 41
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 7
7th and 8th grade: 65
9th grade: 37
10th grade: 79
11th grade: 26
12th grade, no diploma: 124
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,681
Less than 1 year of college: 323
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 808
Associate degree: 659
Bachelor's degree: 939
Master's degree: 545
Professional school degree: 58
Doctorate degree: 24

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.8%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 24.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $55,319
Black householders: $77,617
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $50,078
Asian householders: $22,622
Some other race householders: $26,006
Two or more races householders: $43,594

Harwich household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Harwich household income for Black householders

Harwich household income for Some other race householders

Harwich marital status for males

Harwich marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $431,009
Black or African American householders: $525,337
Some other race householders: $345,088
Two or more races householders: $325,242

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 8,337
One, attached: 303
Two: 219
3 or 4: 73
5 to 9: 229
10 to 19: 36
20 to 49: 236
50 or more: 10
Mobile homes: 7

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Harwich:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (55%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%) Electricity (6%) Wood (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (58%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%) Electricity (10%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%) Coal or coke (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44

Here:	3.7%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45

Here:	7.7%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 100

Here:	31.3%
Massachusetts:	48.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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