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Merrimac town, Essex County, MA

6,926 Population
8.5 square miles 814.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±3.6 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

$41,596 ±$5,772 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Essex County: $43,948 ±$576
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$79,909 ±$17,781 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Essex County: $82,225 ±$1,120
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

8.2% ±7.7% (558  ±525) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 10.1% 78,089 (±0.5% / ±3,470)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

31 minutes ±4.2 (98,695  ±20,050) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 30.2 11,184,445 (±0.3 / ±145,731)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

2,800 ±181 Number of households
  • Essex County: 297,254 ±1,115
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.5 ±0.2 (6,898  ±39) 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

12.3% ±14.9% (175  ±213) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 4.7% 8,447 (±0.4% / ±702)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

2,869 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 313,956 ±421
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$384,800 ±$32,334 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $436,600 ±$3,401
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

5.2% ±3% (358  ±204.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 10.4% 81,412 (±0.5% / ±3,677.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

94.6% ±10.6% (4,754  ±587) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 89.7% 490,914 (±0.9% / ±5,095.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
37.3% ±6.2% (1,875  ±325.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 40.7% 222,503 (±0.6% / ±3,360.6)
  • about 80 percent of 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

3.3% ±2.3% (225  ±158) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Essex County: 17.5% 137,665 (±0.4% / ±3,104)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

8.2% ±2.4% (458  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 5.1% 31,410 (±0.2% / ±1,180)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
458 Total veterans ±137 458 Male ±137 N/A Female ±19

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