Housing density: 449 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $590,409.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,356 (lower quartile is $787, upper quartile is $1,739)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,333
Median gross rent in Harwich, MA in 2022: $1,540
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
In family households: 166,746 (39,293 male householders, 19,431 female householders)
46,263 spouses, 49,194 children (46,119 natural, 1,413 adopted, 1,662 stepchildren), 2,708 grandchildren, 1,389 brothers or sisters, 1,739 parents, foster children, 1,437 other relatives, 4,251 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 45,181 (14,943 male householders (11,462 living alone)), 22,088 female householders (18,982 living alone)), 8,150 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 3,961 (2,283 institutionalized population)
31,865 married couples with children.
10,220 single-parent households (1,900 men, 8,320 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: 715 (5.5%)
(76.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Harwich, Massachusetts
161995 to March 2000
561990 to 1994
351985 to 1989
341980 to 1984
61975 to 1979
71970 to 1974
141965 to 1969
208Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 3,609 (23.3%)
English: 3,159 (20.4%)
German: 1,315 (8.5%)
Italian: 1,118 (7.2%)
French: 817 (5.3%)
Other: 790 (5.1%)
Scottish: 668 (4.3%)
United States: 570 (3.7%)
Portuguese: 538 (3.5%)
Swedish: 524 (3.4%)
Polish: 393 (2.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 286 (1.8%)
French Canadian: 259 (1.7%)
Subsaharan African: 224 (1.4%)
Dutch: 184 (1.2%)
Greek: 182 (1.2%)
Russian: 153 (1.0%)
Welsh: 152 (1.0%)
Norwegian: 145 (0.9%)
Danish: 89 (0.6%)
Lithuanian: 89 (0.6%)
Arab: 64 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 53 (0.3%)
West Indian: 51 (0.3%)
Czech: 50 (0.3%)
Slovak: 14 (0.09%)
Swiss: 12 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.06%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
United Kingdom
Harwich:
21.3% (80)
Massachusetts:
3.3% (25,403)
Canada
Harwich:
10.6% (40)
Massachusetts:
5.2% (40,247)
Other Northern Europe
Harwich:
8.5% (32)
Massachusetts:
0.4% (3,051)
Germany
Harwich:
8.0% (30)
Massachusetts:
1.9% (14,883)
Pakistan
Harwich:
8.0% (30)
Massachusetts:
0.5% (3,660)
Greece
Harwich:
5.3% (20)
Massachusetts:
1.7% (12,975)
Italy
Harwich:
5.3% (20)
Massachusetts:
3.7% (28,319)
Other Caribbean
Harwich:
5.3% (20)
Massachusetts:
0.6% (4,539)
Haiti
Harwich:
4.0% (15)
Massachusetts:
4.4% (33,862)
Portugal
Harwich:
3.5% (13)
Massachusetts:
8.6% (66,627)
Jamaica
Harwich:
3.5% (13)
Massachusetts:
1.7% (12,808)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Harwich:
2.7% (10)
Massachusetts:
5.1% (39,255)
Ireland
Harwich:
2.1% (8)
Massachusetts:
2.3% (17,987)
Netherlands
Harwich:
1.9% (7)
Massachusetts:
0.3% (2,470)
Other Eastern Europe
Harwich:
1.9% (7)
Massachusetts:
1.6% (12,350)
Brazil
Harwich:
1.9% (7)
Massachusetts:
4.7% (36,669)
Sweden
Harwich:
1.6% (6)
Massachusetts:
0.3% (2,135)
Austria
Harwich:
1.6% (6)
Massachusetts:
0.2% (1,418)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Harwich:
1.6% (6)
Massachusetts:
0.3% (1,943)
India
Harwich:
1.6% (6)
Massachusetts:
3.6% (28,086)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 7,969
Other state: 3,949
Northeast: 2,991
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
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
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: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.3%