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Manchester-by-the-Sea town, Essex County, MA

5,403 Population
9.2 square miles 585.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$106,716 ±$22,042 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$206,389 ±$43,757 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515
  • about double the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

2.1% ±1.7% (111  ±89) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

29.7 minutes ±4.7 (54,965  ±13,381) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 28.5 9,893,975 (±0.3 / ±138,009)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

2,156 ±179 Number of households
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.2 (5,385  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

3.6% ±3.6% (35  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

2,226 ±198 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$942,000 ±$43,571 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

10.4% ±6.4% (560  ±341.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.9% ±10.6% (3,902  ±453.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
78.3% ±9.3% (3,118  ±395.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 43% 246,169 (±0.6% / ±3,530.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

4.9% ±2.7% (265  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

6.2% ±2.9% (262  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
262 Total veterans ±123 241 Male ±119 21 Female ±36

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