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Lynn city, Essex County, MA

94,655 Population
10.7 square miles 8,810.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 41.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$24,642 ±$1,843 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Essex County: $41,971 ±$1,098
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,349 ±$382
$55,473 ±$9,068 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $76,604 ±$2,536
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $79,835 ±$970

15.5% ±4.4% (14,510  ±4,148) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 83,165 (±1% / ±7,517)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 663,918 (±0.3% / ±20,551)

32.3 minutes ±1.9 (1,427,265  ±131,895) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 30.8 11,723,880 (±0.6 / ±298,066)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.5 102,698,470 (±0.2 / ±837,302)

Families

31,429 ±2,041 Number of households
  • Essex County: 295,481 ±2,547
  • Massachusetts: 2,624,294 ±8,879
3 ±0.2 (93,852  ±393) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 772,740 (±0 / ±2,034)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,653,753 (±0)

8% ±3.7% (1,851  ±853) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 5.1% † 9,188 (±1% / ±1,716)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,345 (±0.2% / ±4,014)

Housing

33,242 ±2,170 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 313,969 ±780
  • Massachusetts: 2,915,043 ±327

$351,500 ±$16,907 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $444,700 ±$7,106
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $400,700 ±$2,804

11.4% ±3.6% (10,631  ±3,337.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 10.2% 79,644 (±1% / ±7,623.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 864,299 (±0.4% / ±24,918.7)

Social

74% ±4.5% (46,688  ±3,456.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 88.9% 488,302 (±1.9% / ±10,477.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,386,424 (±0.7% / ±31,907.4)
17.9% ±2.7% (11,266  ±1,746.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 40.2% 220,456 (±1.2% / ±6,386.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,152,010 (±0.4% / ±20,295.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

41.1% ±3.1% (38,883  ±2,902) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 18.4% 145,148 (±0.8% / ±5,983)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.4% 1,198,148 (±0.3% / ±20,609)

3.7% ±1% (2,657  ±701) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 30,146 (±0.4% / ±2,225)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 292,644 (±0.2% / ±8,712)
2,657 Total veterans ±701 2,220 Male ±601 437 Female ±464

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