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Ware, MA
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Ware profile


Living in Ware



Ware is a medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 10,067 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ware is the 183rd largest community in Massachusetts. Ware has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ware has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ware has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ware than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ware may be for you.

One downside of living in Ware, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.21 minutes every day commuting to work.

The percentage of people in Ware who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.01% of adults in Ware have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ware in 2022 was $36,863, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,452 for a family of four. However, Ware contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ware home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ware residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ware include Polish, Irish, French, English, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Ware is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.