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Methuen Town city, Essex County, MA

50,518 Population
22.2 square miles 2,274.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,863 ±$1,653 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $43,948 ±$576
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$83,527 ±$4,100 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Essex County: $82,225 ±$1,120
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

9.1% ±1.5% (4,550  ±761) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 10.1% 78,089 (±0.5% / ±3,470)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

27.3 minutes ±0.9 (680,840  ±34,344) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 30.2 11,184,445 (±0.3 / ±145,731)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

17,611 ±509 Number of households
  • Essex County: 297,254 ±1,115
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.8 ±0.1 (50,047  ±168) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 769,060 (±0 / ±875)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

2.7% ±1% (338  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 4.7% 8,447 (±0.4% / ±702)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

18,334 ±491 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 313,956 ±421
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$350,200 ±$6,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $436,600 ±$3,401
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

9.5% ±1.8% (4,785  ±912.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 10.4% 81,412 (±0.5% / ±3,677.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

89.3% ±3.3% (31,344  ±1,337.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 89.7% 490,914 (±0.9% / ±5,095.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
29.6% ±2% (10,372  ±747.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 40.7% 222,503 (±0.6% / ±3,360.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

23.1% ±2% (11,647  ±1,014) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 17.5% 137,665 (±0.4% / ±3,104)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

4.6% ±0.7% (1,850  ±260) 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)
1,850 Total veterans ±260 1,651 Male ±237 199 Female ±107

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