Wareham CenterMA
A town of 3,635.
Is Wareham Center a good place to live?
Wareham Center’s density of trails 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.
Protected land: 16.3% of Wareham Center
Walkers can cover 1.9 miles of trail in 10 parks and preserves.
| 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
Wareham Center has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Wareham Center, 60% come from inland flooding and 23% from coastal flooding. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Wareham Center
Wareham Center’s typical July afternoon high comes in at 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Wareham Center
3.6% of Wareham Center working residents work locally. Since 2013, Wareham Center has lost 230 jobs, to 1,398 in 2023. The share of residents in Wareham Center who live below the poverty line is 5.1%, below both Massachusetts’ towns (6%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.
| Wareham Center | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $92,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 9.8% | 8% |
| 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
4.1% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Wareham Center. This Massachusetts town beats the Massachusetts average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. Two figures for adults in the town: 29% have obesity, 20% get no exercise outside work.
| 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
The share of households in Wareham Center who own their home: 72%. 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.