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Chelsea city, Suffolk County, MA

39,890 Population
2.2 square miles 17,979.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 33.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,454 ±$1,587 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Suffolk County: $53,173 ±$702
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$71,051 ±$5,154 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $87,669 ±$1,916
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

21.4% ±3.5% (8,354  ±1,360) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 17% 126,977 (±0.6% / ±4,387)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

34.1 minutes ±1.5 (607,105  ±46,864) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 31.1 11,235,470 (±0.3 / ±169,125)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

13,386 ±632 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 319,307 ±1,633
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.9 ±0.1 (39,094  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 2.3 740,977 (±0 / ±606)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

3.9% ±1.6% (399  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 3.3% 7,679 (±0.3% / ±654)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

14,121 ±590 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 350,419 ±240
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$450,600 ±$16,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Suffolk County: $650,900 ±$7,238
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

14.9% ±2.4% (5,834  ±,944.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 18.7% 145,571 (±0.5% / ±4,239.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

67.5% ±3.4% (18,270  ±1,091.3) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Suffolk County: 87.1% 480,070 (±0.9% / ±5,155.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
21.6% ±2% (5,851  ±,575.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Suffolk County: 49.2% 271,368 (±0.7% / ±3,726.8)
  • about half 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

47% ±3% (18,757  ±1,196) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 30% 235,748
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

1.4% ±0.5% (441  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Suffolk County: 2.4% 15,748 (±0.2% / ±1,046)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
441 Total veterans ±157 418 Male ±155 23 Female ±26

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