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East Harwich CDP, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
East Harwich CDP is a Census CDP of 5,654 people across 8.02 square miles of land, in Barnstable County. Median household income is $111,508, 91.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $80,000.
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East Harwich
What East Harwich is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area8.02 sq mi
- Water area0.75 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land705
- County holding the largest share of its areaBarnstable County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Harwich
How many people live in East Harwich
- Population5,654
- Median age60.3
- Population under 18726 plus or minus 223
- Share under 1812.8 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Population 65 and over1,987
- Share 65 and over35.1 percent
- Households2,670
- Family households1,689
- Share of households that are families63.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Harwich
Income and work in East Harwich
- Median household income$111,508
- Per capita income$64,947
- Civilian labor force3,194
- Employed3,135
- Unemployed59 plus or minus 45
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over4,721
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher47.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Harwich
Housing in East Harwich
- Housing units3,454
- Occupied units2,670
- Vacant units784 plus or minus 277
- Vacancy rate22.7 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Owner occupied2,443
- Renter occupied227 plus or minus 155
- Ownership rate91.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$638,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,329
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.1 percent
- Single family units3,447
- Share single family99.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7 plus or minus 24
- Share in buildings of two or more0.2 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Harwich
How East Harwich gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,730
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,107 plus or minus 401
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.5 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more516 plus or minus 218
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.9 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Drove alone83.1 percent
- Carpooled1.7 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home11.7 percent plus or minus 6.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Harwich
SBA loans in East Harwich (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$80,000
- Average approval$80,000
- Median approval$80,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$80,000
- Largest approval$80,000
- Jobs supported25
- Jobs per approval25.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Barnstable County, not East Harwich
Barnstable County context, not East Harwich figures
These are Barnstable County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as East Harwich measurements.
- Establishments in Barnstable County8,957
- Employment at those establishments, Barnstable County76,963
- Covered employment, Barnstable County96,280
- Average annual pay, Barnstable County$64,707
- Average weekly wage, Barnstable County$1,244
- Housing units permitted, Barnstable County640
- Of those, single family, Barnstable County430
- County product, 2024, Barnstable County$19,298,345,000
- County product change over the prior year, Barnstable County8.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Barnstable County$189,081
Every figure in this section is published for Barnstable County as a whole and is not a measurement of East Harwich. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
East Harwich questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East Harwich, Massachusetts?
5,654, in 2,670 households. East Harwich CDP covers 8.02 square miles of land, which is 705 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East Harwich in?
Barnstable County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in East Harwich?
$111,508. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $638,900. Median gross rent is $2,329 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to East Harwich businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $80,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $80,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in East Harwich, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to East Harwich borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for East Harwich. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page East Harwich figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Barnstable County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of East Harwich.
Is zoning published for East Harwich?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.