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Methuen Town city, Essex County, MA

50,019 Population
22.2 square miles 2,251.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$34,390 ±$1,329 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $40,697 ±$420
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$74,912 ±$4,311 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Essex County: $75,878 ±$1,022
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

9.3% ±1.6% (4,597  ±790) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 81,801 (±0.4% / ±3,316)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

27.8 minutes ±0.9 (720,300  ±31,353) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 30.2 11,225,940 (±0.3 / ±132,584)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

17,692 ±410 Number of households
  • Essex County: 292,659 ±1,070
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.8 ±0.1 (49,565  ±202) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 763,016 (±0 / ±875)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

2.9% ±0.9% (357  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 8,959 (±0.4% / ±705)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

18,477 ±440 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 312,013 ±386
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$324,300 ±$6,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $389,900 ±$2,392
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

10.9% ±1.9% (5,393  ±923.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 10.9% 83,970 (±0.4% / ±3,047.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

87.7% ±2.8% (29,833  ±1,121.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 89.3% 481,053 (±0.8% / ±4,328.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
28.6% ±1.7% (9,730  ±604) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 39.4% 212,106 (±0.5% / ±2,763.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

19.7% ±1.7% (9,862  ±829) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 16.7% 130,289 (±0.3% / ±2,608)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

5.3% ±0.7% (2,075  ±270) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 5.6% 34,152 (±0.2% / ±954)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
2,075 Total veterans ±270 1,922 Male ±264 153 Female ±58

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