Housing density: 298 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $446,078.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,212 (lower quartile is $745, upper quartile is $1,674)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,393
Median gross rent in Wareham, MA in 2022: $1,490
Housing units in Wareham with a mortgage: 3,568 (277 second mortgage, 419 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,615
In family households: 417,329 (86,307 male householders, 41,618 female householders)
97,089 spouses, 154,870 children (146,729 natural, 3,391 adopted, 4,750 stepchildren), 8,780 grandchildren, 4,455 brothers or sisters, 5,200 parents, foster children, 5,123 other relatives, 10,196 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 65,769 (22,929 male householders (17,306 living alone)), 30,272 female householders (25,724 living alone)), 12,568 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 11,821 (7,645 institutionalized population)
92,167 married couples with children.
24,193 single-parent households (4,628 men, 19,565 women).
92.2% of residents of Wareham speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
5.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 1,419 (6.2%)
(80.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Wareham, Massachusetts
531995 to March 2000
731990 to 1994
431985 to 1989
611980 to 1984
721975 to 1979
401970 to 1974
861965 to 1969
279Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 4,555 (19.4%)
English: 3,255 (13.9%)
Italian: 2,548 (10.9%)
Other: 1,852 (7.9%)
Portuguese: 1,820 (7.8%)
French: 1,757 (7.5%)
Subsaharan African: 1,556 (6.6%)
German: 1,134 (4.8%)
French Canadian: 914 (3.9%)
United States: 892 (3.8%)
Polish: 792 (3.4%)
Swedish: 581 (2.5%)
Scottish: 429 (1.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 401 (1.7%)
Arab: 167 (0.7%)
Russian: 158 (0.7%)
Lithuanian: 127 (0.5%)
Dutch: 123 (0.5%)
Welsh: 106 (0.5%)
Greek: 84 (0.4%)
Danish: 70 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 45 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 33 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 28 (0.1%)
West Indian: 21 (0.09%)
Swiss: 18 (0.08%)
Czech: 8 (0.03%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Portugal
Wareham:
19.1% (135)
Massachusetts:
8.6% (66,627)
Other Western Africa
Wareham:
17.8% (126)
Massachusetts:
2.6% (20,299)
Canada
Wareham:
15.8% (112)
Massachusetts:
5.2% (40,247)
Italy
Wareham:
7.9% (56)
Massachusetts:
3.7% (28,319)
United Kingdom
Wareham:
7.4% (52)
Massachusetts:
3.3% (25,403)
Other Northern Europe
Wareham:
6.5% (46)
Massachusetts:
0.4% (3,051)
Ireland
Wareham:
4.1% (29)
Massachusetts:
2.3% (17,987)
Brazil
Wareham:
3.5% (25)
Massachusetts:
4.7% (36,669)
Germany
Wareham:
2.7% (19)
Massachusetts:
1.9% (14,883)
Cambodia
Wareham:
2.3% (16)
Massachusetts:
1.8% (13,801)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Wareham:
1.8% (13)
Massachusetts:
5.1% (39,255)
Haiti
Wareham:
1.6% (11)
Massachusetts:
4.4% (33,862)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 16,543
Other state: 2,967
Northeast: 1,537
Midwest: 469
South: 631
West: 330
58% of Wareham residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Massachusetts.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 36
Nursery to 4th grade: 17
5th and 6th grade: 79
7th and 8th grade: 266
9th grade: 190
10th grade: 258
11th grade: 167
12th grade, no diploma: 226
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,467
Less than 1 year of college: 396
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 885
Associate degree: 395
Bachelor's degree: 784
Master's degree: 254
Professional school degree: 26
Doctorate degree: 36
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 34
Nursery to 4th grade: 9
5th and 6th grade: 63
7th and 8th grade: 195
9th grade: 121
10th grade: 303
11th grade: 226
12th grade, no diploma: 274
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,709
Less than 1 year of college: 744
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,097
Associate degree: 635
Bachelor's degree: 758
Master's degree: 337
Professional school degree: 77
Doctorate degree: 26
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 8,238
One, attached: 259
Two: 305
3 or 4: 316
5 to 9: 270
10 to 19: 268
20 to 49: 70
50 or more: 18
Mobile homes: 926
Median worth of mobile homes: $95,366
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.5%