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Marblehead town, Essex County, MA

20,530 Population
4.4 square miles 4,688.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±1.7 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

$74,357 ±$6,209 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $43,948 ±$576
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$131,293 ±$13,052 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $82,225 ±$1,120
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

3.3% ±1% (666  ±208) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 10.1% 78,089 (±0.5% / ±3,470)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

38.4 minutes ±1.7 (329,575  ±26,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

8,126 ±268 Number of households
  • Essex County: 297,254 ±1,115
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.5 ±0.1 (20,414  ±100) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 769,060 (±0 / ±875)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

1.9% ±1.4% (78  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 4.7% 8,447 (±0.4% / ±702)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

8,727 ±356 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 313,956 ±421
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$705,600 ±$31,013 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 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

8.1% ±2.2% (1,655  ±441.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 10.4% 81,412 (±0.5% / ±3,677.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

98.6% ±4.5% (14,524  ±779.2) 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)
73.4% ±3.7% (10,816  ±628.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 40.7% 222,503 (±0.6% / ±3,360.6)
  • more than 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

8.6% ±2.1% (1,772  ±422) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 17.5% 137,665 (±0.4% / ±3,104)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

4.5% ±0.9% (716  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5.1% 31,410 (±0.2% / ±1,180)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
716 Total veterans ±150 695 Male ±144 21 Female ±25

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