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Boxford town, Essex County, MA

8,316 Population
23.6 square miles 353 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$79,156 ±$10,225 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Essex County: $43,948 ±$576
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$179,375 ±$25,472 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $82,225 ±$1,120
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

0.2% ±0.4% (19  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Essex County: 10.1% 78,089 (±0.5% / ±3,470)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

39.9 minutes ±4.8 (148,825  ±24,139) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Essex County: 30.2 11,184,445 (±0.3 / ±145,731)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

2,853 ±152 Number of households
  • Essex County: 297,254 ±1,115
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.9 ±0.2 (8,316  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 769,060 (±0 / ±875)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

5.6% ±3.5% (96  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 4.7% 8,447 (±0.4% / ±702)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

2,884 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 313,956 ±421
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$673,200 ±$38,737 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $436,600 ±$3,401
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

1.4% ±1.3% (113  ±109) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Essex County: 10.4% 81,412 (±0.5% / ±3,677.3)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

98.1% ±8.1% (5,746  ±544.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 89.7% 490,914 (±0.9% / ±5,095.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
69.1% ±6.5% (4,047  ±423.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 40.7% 222,503 (±0.6% / ±3,360.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

5.3% ±2.7% (441  ±227) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 17.5% 137,665 (±0.4% / ±3,104)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

5.4% ±2.3% (342  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 5.1% 31,410 (±0.2% / ±1,180)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
342 Total veterans ±145 327 Male ±145 15 Female ±24

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