Eastham is the gateway to the Outer Cape and home to the Cape Cod National Seashore's Salt Pond Visitor Center. The town stretches from Cape Cod Bay to the Atlantic, pairing Nauset Light and Coast Guard Beach on the ocean side with sandy bay beaches, kettle ponds, and the salt marsh views from Fort Hill.
Eastham has no single downtown. Daily life runs along Route 6, with the Cape Cod Rail Trail passing through the length of town. It has the largest year-round population on the Outer Cape, and homes range from cottages and classic Capes in established neighborhoods to bay-front and ocean-view properties. Nauset Regional High School is here as well.
As an Outer Cape homeowner myself, I can help you weigh what matters most here, from National Seashore boundaries and septic and Title 5 requirements to flood zones, rental rules, and how seasonality affects value.
Eastham Homes for Sale
Life in Eastham
Eastham has the largest year-round population on the Outer Cape, though more than half of its homes are still seasonal or second homes.
Year-round population: about 5,800
Median age: 60
Housing units: about 6,550, with roughly 3,040 occupied as year-round households
Median value of owner-occupied homes: $732,200
Median residential sale price, last 12 months (all homes and condos, including second homes): about $825,000
Median household income: $72,992
Land area: about 14 square miles, about 416 residents per square mile
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (via Census Reporter). Figures are estimates with margins of error. Sale price is the median of residential sales (single-family, condo and other residential, including second homes and investment properties) closed in the 12 months through mid-November 2026, from MLS data; rounded and approximate.
Eastham Elementary School serves grades K-5. Older students attend the Nauset Regional schools, with the middle school in Orleans and Nauset Regional High School right here in Eastham, and Cape Cod Regional Technical High School is another option.
Route 6 is the main road through town. Orleans is about 10 minutes south, Wellfleet about 15 minutes north, and Provincetown about 40 minutes, while the Sagamore Bridge is roughly 50 minutes away, putting Boston at about two hours by car outside of summer traffic.
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