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Merrimac town, Essex County, MA

6,698 Population
8.5 square miles 788.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$43,144 ±$5,707 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $46,263 ±$590
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$88,832 ±$23,350 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Essex County: $86,684 ±$1,333
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

7.8% ±7.2% (520  ±476) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 9.9% 77,689 (±0.5% / ±3,796)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

28.7 minutes ±2.6 (92,690  ±14,598) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 29.6 10,877,030 (±0.4 / ±175,999)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

2,589 ±201 Number of households
  • Essex County: 307,959 ±1,047
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.6 ±0.2 (6,672  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.6 786,987 (±0 / ±854)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

12.8% ±13.2% (161  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,161 (±0.5% / ±844)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

2,673 ±215 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 325,228 ±448
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$432,800 ±$46,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $462,900 ±$3,659
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

4.5% ±2.6% (301  ±171.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 10.5% 83,890 (±0.5% / ±3,645)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

96% ±9.6% (4,587  ±525.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 89.7% 502,448 (±1% / ±5,437.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
34% ±5.6% (1,623  ±282.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 41.2% 230,608 (±0.6% / ±3,519)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

4.6% ±4% (311  ±269) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Essex County: 17.9% 144,366 (±0.4% / ±3,475)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

5.4% ±2% (292  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 4.7% 29,880 (±0.2% / ±1,187)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
292 Total veterans ±107 292 Male ±107 N/A Female ±19

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