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Amesbury Town city, Essex County, MA

17,434 Population
12.3 square miles 1,418.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$42,607 ±$2,092 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Essex County: $42,347 ±$493
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$82,468 ±$4,800 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Essex County: $79,263 ±$1,103
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

6.3% ±2% (1,085  ±335) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 10.4% 79,463 (±0.4% / ±2,848)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

32.6 minutes ±2.4 (291,045  ±24,822) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 30.4 11,535,565 (±0.3 / ±142,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

7,215 ±190 Number of households
  • Essex County: 294,202 ±1,133
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.4 ±0.1 (17,101  ±139) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.6 765,609 (±0 / ±839)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

3.3% ±1.7% (128  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 5% 9,102 (±0.4% / ±735)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

7,549 ±219 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 312,992 ±346
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$336,200 ±$10,278 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $409,900 ±$3,590
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

11.8% ±3.2% (2,035  ±551.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 11% 85,585 (±0.4% / ±3,259.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

94.2% ±4.4% (11,901  ±605.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 89.3% 484,719 (±0.8% / ±4,459.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
41.1% ±2.9% (5,196  ±380.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 39.9% 216,380 (±0.5% / ±2,908.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

4.3% ±1.2% (752  ±200) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Essex County: 17.3% 135,677 (±0.3% / ±2,577)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

5.8% ±1.3% (814  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 5.3% 32,697 (±0.2% / ±1,019)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
814 Total veterans ±176 769 Male ±176 45 Female ±38

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