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Lynn city, Essex County, MA

94,300 Population
10.7 square miles 8,777.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 40.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$26,384 ±$2,109 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Essex County: $45,144 ±$1,030
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
$61,572 ±$6,079 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $83,810 ±$3,144
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991

16% ±3.5% (14,845  ±3,245) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 8.7% † 67,429 (±0.9% / ±6,881)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)

34.2 minutes ±4.2 (1,459,520  ±211,147) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 31 12,106,115 (±0.8 / ±402,769)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)

Families

31,833 ±1,890 Number of households
  • Essex County: 297,898 ±2,897
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
2.9 ±0.2 (93,572  ±359) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 771,011 (±0 / ±1,802)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)

2.9% ±2.9% (599  ±607) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 4.6% † 8,380 (±0.9% / ±1,560)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)

Housing

33,371 ±1,875 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 314,738 ±677
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274

$380,600 ±$16,259 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $465,400 ±$8,274
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128

12.8% ±5.6% (11,935  ±5,262) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 11.8% † 91,869 (±1.2% / ±9,582)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)

Social

72% ±5.4% (43,411  ±3,764.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 89.3% 493,011 (±1.9% / ±10,263)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
20.1% ±3.2% (12,101  ±2,000.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 41.4% 228,460 (±1.2% / ±6,517.2)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

37.3% ±4.2% (35,185  ±3,957) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Essex County: 19% 149,907 (±0.9% / ±6,912)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)

3.6% ±1.1% (2,517  ±741) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 30,710 (±0.4% / ±2,455)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
2,517 Total veterans ±741 2,243 Male ±634 274 Female ±280

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