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Essex County, MA

823,938 Population
492.5 square miles 1,672.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.3 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

$54,727 ±$1,695 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$103,048 ±$4,431 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.3% ±1.1% (74,653  ±8,522) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.3 minutes ±0.9 (10,755,335  ±393,735) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

314,816 ±2,768 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (805,990  ±148) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±0.8% (8,502  ±1,539) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

332,075 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$654,500 ±$8,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.1% ±0.9% (74,291  ±7,105.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.2% ±2% (518,115  ±11,595) 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)
43.9% ±1.3% (255,244  ±7,304.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

30.6% ±1.1% (238,687  ±8,446.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 25.9% 1,754,822 (±0.4% / ±24,346.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

21% (172,862  ±7,891) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±0.4% (27,348  ±2,682) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than 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)
27,348 Total veterans ±2,682 24,583 Male ±2,503 2,765 Female ±986

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