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Essex town, Essex County, MA

3,674 Population
14 square miles 263.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$64,238 ±$11,431 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $50,932 ±$734
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$133,553 ±$20,847 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Essex County: $94,378 ±$1,325
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

8.4% ±6.5% (305  ±235) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 9.7% 76,850 (±0.5% / ±3,961)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

26.7 minutes ±1 (40,675  ±6,642) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 29.1 10,483,285 (±0.2 / ±134,738)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

1,378 ±122 Number of households
  • Essex County: 310,059 ±1,270
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.7 ±0.2 (3,674  ±16) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 789,282 (±0 / ±133)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

4.1% ±4.1% (35  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5% 9,132 (±0.5% / ±826)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

1,578 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 326,936 ±154
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$731,000 ±$60,153 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Essex County: $535,300 ±$4,970
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

16.2% ±10.9% (590  ±,395.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 10.2% 81,184 (±0.5% / ±3,716.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

95.4% ±8.3% (2,472  ±,277.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 89.9% 506,262 (±1% / ±5,538.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
63.2% ±7.4% (1,637  ±,223.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 41.7% 234,961 (±0.6% / ±3,542)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.2% ±2% (116  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Essex County: 18.5% 149,261
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

5.4% ±3% (147  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 4.6% 29,188 (±0.2% / ±1,050)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
147 Total veterans ±83 147 Male ±83 N/A Female ±14

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