Wareham CenterMA
A town of 3,635.
Is Wareham Center a good place to live?
Among 284 Massachusetts towns, just 3 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Wareham Center. Wareham Center’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, where Massachusetts’ towns sit at 1.8 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest park or preserve is Gleason Family Wildlife Preser, at 48 acres. We don’t grade Wareham Center yet; the figures below are still real.
Wareham Center lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 23% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
- Marks Cove
- Broad Marsh
- Swifts Beach Road
- Cedar Island
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Gillette Stadium and 101 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wareham Center. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw36 mi MuseumThe Breakers
23 mi MuseumUSS Massachusetts
34 mi Ancient siteHMS Endeavour
14 mi MuseumPlimoth Patuxet
36 mi MuseumMarble HousePhoto credits
Gillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Breakers: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: USN, Public domain · HMS Endeavour: Samuel Atkins (c.1760-1810), Public domain · Plimoth Patuxet: Tr!sie, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marble House: [email protected], Public domain
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Moving to Wareham Center: who provides what
Wareham Center is unincorporated, so Plymouth County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Wareham Center.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gleason Family Wildlife Preser | 0.9 mi | 48 |
| 2. Eldridge And Brown | 0.3 mi | 6 |
| 3. Marks Cove | 0.2 mi | 25 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Low risk in Wareham Center, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Wareham Center
Wareham Center has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. At 82°F, Wareham Center’s July high is near the Massachusetts town median (83°F) and below the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Wareham Center
Most working residents leave Wareham Center for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Wareham Center has lost 230 jobs, to 1,398 in 2023. The median household income in Wareham Center is $92,000.
| Wareham Center | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $92,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Wareham Center is
Wareham Center beats the Massachusetts average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 82% of adults had a checkup this year in Wareham Center.
| Wareham Center | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 82% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 25% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 4.1% | 3.7% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Wareham Center | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.6% | 11.9% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 71.9% | 68.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Wareham Center sells for about $475K at the median
Wareham Center’s median rent is $1,415 a month.
| Wareham Center | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,415 a month | $1,683 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 79% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Wareham Center
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wareham Center
About 10 of every 100 Wareham Center residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
About Wareham Center
Census-designated place in Massachusetts, United States
Wareham Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Wareham in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wareham Center had a population of 2,972.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 36 ft
Wareham Center’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Wareham Center.
| Town | MA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wareham Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Weweantic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wareham Center and Weweantic aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wareham Center with a neighbor →
Questions about Wareham Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wareham Center, MA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Wareham Center yet; the figures below are still real.