The population was 2,962 at the 2010 census,[2] out of a total of 20,675 people in the town of Sandwich.

[3] It is bordered to the north by Massachusetts Route 6A and the Cape Cod Canal, to the northeast by Cape Cod Bay, to the east by the Dock Creek saltmarsh and the CDP of East Sandwich, to the south by U.S. Route 6 (the Mid-Cape Highway), and to the west by the town of Bourne.

[2] As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 3,058 people, 1,379 households, and 864 families residing in the CDP.

The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.04% White, 0.23% Black or African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.46% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races.

32.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.