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Lynn city, Essex County, MA

100,831 Population
10.7 square miles 9,389.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 40.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,109 ±$2,014 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $45,781 ±$1,132
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $49,746 ±$459
$64,986 ±$10,053 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $87,433 ±$2,530
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,645 ±$1,287

13.6% ±3.5% (13,633  ±3,564) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 9.5% † 75,021 (±1% / ±7,907)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,138 (±0.3% / ±21,871)

28 minutes ±2.5 (1,205,730  ±134,828) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 26.6 8,675,165 (±0.7 / ±314,226)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 27.5 73,941,424 (±0.2 / ±862,637)

Families

37,304 ±2,119 Number of households
  • Essex County: 309,972 ±2,203
  • Massachusetts: 2,759,018 ±9,086
2.7 ±0.2 (100,140  ±370) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 790,777 (±0 / ±1,926)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,738,001 (±0)

10% ±3.7% (2,294  ±862) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 6.4% † 11,814 (±1.1% / ±2,093)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,136 (±0.3% / ±4,819)

Housing

39,222 ±2,389 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 328,553 ±768
  • Massachusetts: 3,017,772 ±315

$423,800 ±$23,569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $529,400 ±$10,117
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $480,600 ±$3,093

10.6% ±3.4% (10,605  ±3,376.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 11% † 87,974 (±1.1% / ±9,057.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 872,355 (±0.3% / ±22,449.6)

Social

81.5% ±5.3% (55,807  ±4,319.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 90.4% 512,392 (±1.9% / ±10,817)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,495,563 (±0.7% / ±33,250.2)
22.5% ±3% (15,376  ±2,157.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 42.1% 238,417 (±1.2% / ±7,027.4)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,300,423 (±0.5% / ±23,318)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

33.2% ±3.9% (33,431  ±3,910) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 18.6% 150,304 (±1.1% / ±8,918)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,488 (±0.3% / ±21,752)

2.9% ±1% (2,204  ±789) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 4% 25,707 (±0.4% / ±2,437)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 238,039 (±0.1% / ±7,249)
2,204 Total veterans ±789 1,883 Male ±708 321 Female ±242

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