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Wareham Center, Massachusetts.

A community in Plymouth County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Plymouth County’s.

Living in Wareham Center, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Wareham Center, in Plymouth County, had 2,972 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $91,936 a year and half less, against $114,201 across Plymouth County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Plymouth County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then government.

People 2,972 in the 2020 census
Household income $91,936 the median, give or take $8,180 · Plymouth County: $114,201
Unemployment 4.5% Plymouth County, August 2026; 4.7% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Wareham Center for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,690households
  • 21%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 29 mintypical commute

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Government14%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Building trades10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Manufacturing6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Plymouth County had 197,448 jobs in 2025, 1.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 39° and 22°; warmest in July, 81° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 39° 22° F M A M J J 81° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 39° and 22°; warmest in July, 81° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 39° 22° F M A M J J 81° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 64°. About 37 inches of snow and 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the East Wareham weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Wareham Center

  1. Tobey HospitalHospitals, general medical and surgical500
  2. Wareham SchoolsSchool district339FTE
  3. Shaws SupermarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores172
  4. Gateway ABA TherapySocial workers' , mental health, offices45

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 717 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Wareham Center’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Plymouth County.