What is the median rent in Wareham Center, MA?

Name: Median rent in Wareham Center, MA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Wareham Center, MA is $1,415 (±$537) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 473 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,415 (±$537)
Rented homes: 473 (±187)
$2,000 or more: 23.7%

How much rent costs in Wareham Center

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Wareham Center	Plymouth County	Massachusetts	United States
Less than $500	13.5% (±11.0 points)	10.1%	10.2%	6.3%
$500 to $999	25.6% (±19.7 points)	12.3%	11.7%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	16.5% (±17.8 points)	14.6%	17.7%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	20.7% (±17.0 points)	26.3%	19.9%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	14.4% (±20.5 points)	18.0%	16.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	9.3% (±15.9 points)	10.3%	10.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±8.6 points)	8.4%	13.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 25.6% of renting households.

23.7% of rented homes in Wareham Center cost $2,000 or more a month.

Wareham Center against Plymouth County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Wareham Center	Plymouth County	Massachusetts	United States
Median gross rent	$1,415 (±$537)	$1,747 (±$38)	$1,762 (±$9)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	473 (±187)	43,228 (±1,343)	1,006,980 (±6,692)	42,849,984

In Wareham Center, median gross rent is not measurably different from Plymouth County ($1,747).

It is not measurably different from Massachusetts ($1,762).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Plymouth County, Wareham Center ranks 14 of 17 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 93 of 147.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Wareham Center has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	57.8% (±11.2 points)	28.0% (±11.4 points)	−29.8 percentage points	Measurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±4.5 points)	0.0% (±8.6 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Wareham Center

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Wareham Center
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Wareham Center	—	$1,415 (±$537)	—
Marion	3.2 mi	$1,176 (±$516)	Not measurably different
Buzzards Bay	5.4 mi	$1,484 (±$601)	Not measurably different
Pocasset	5.5 mi	$687 (±$250)	Lower
Rochester	6.2 mi	$1,432 (±$743)	Not measurably different
Monument Beach	6.5 mi	$1,704 (±$162)	Not measurably different
Mattapoisett Center	6.6 mi	$1,658 (±$836)	Not measurably different
Bourne	6.9 mi	$1,379 (±$300)	Not measurably different
Mattapoisett	7.6 mi	$1,597 (±$422)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Pocasset, MA ($687).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Plymouth County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
8	Marshfield (community)	$1,773 (±$464)
9	Middleborough Center	$1,737 (±$90)
10	Abington (community)	$1,724 (±$250)
11	Mattapoisett Center	$1,658 (±$836)
12	Kingston (community)	$1,603 (±$539)
13	North Scituate	$1,595 (±$191)
14	Wareham Center	$1,415 (±$537)
15	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock	$1,409 (±$94)
16	Hingham (community)	$1,202 (±$519)
17	Scituate (community)	$884 (±$721)

Showing 10 of 17 places in Plymouth County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Wareham Center is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Wareham, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Wareham Center

What is the average rent in Wareham Center, MA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Wareham Center is $1,415 (±$537) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Wareham Center cost more than $2,000 a month?

23.7% of rented homes in Wareham Center have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 13.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Wareham Center higher than in Plymouth County?

In Wareham Center, median gross rent is not measurably different from Plymouth County ($1,747).

It is not measurably different from Massachusetts ($1,762).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Wareham Center CDP, Massachusetts (place:73020, in state:25).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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