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Essex County (Northwest)--Haverhill & Methuen PUMA, MA

122,552 Population
55.2 square miles 2,218.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,932 ±$3,383 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$96,242 ±$11,439 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.8% ±3.9% (13,034  ±4,669) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.5 minutes ±0.7 (1,497,185  ±53,713) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

46,622 ±2,566 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (120,899  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4% ±2.6% (1,012  ±651) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,546 ±2,586 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$518,600 ±$30,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.5% ±2.3% (7,875  ±2,767.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.1% ±4.4% (79,650  ±5,121.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.5% ±3.2% (28,375  ±3,047.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

31.8% ±1.9% (36,460  ±2,184.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 25.1% 1,679,100 (±0.2% / ±11,808.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

18.7% ±3.2% (22,883  ±3,926) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.9% ±1.1% (3,722  ±1,049) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,722 Total veterans ±1,049 3,326 Male ±910 396 Female ±576

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