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Rockport town, Essex County, MA

7,014 Population
7 square miles 1,003.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.8 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Essex County: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$54,673 ±$5,909 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $46,263 ±$590
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$88,377 ±$10,371 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

6.6% ±2.1% (460  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 9.9% 77,689 (±0.5% / ±3,796)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

30.7 minutes ±2.7 (87,130  ±12,058) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 29.6 10,877,030 (±0.4 / ±175,999)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

3,319 ±167 Number of households
  • Essex County: 307,959 ±1,047
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.1 ±0.1 (6,958  ±91) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.6 786,987 (±0 / ±854)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

4,257 ±240 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 325,228 ±448
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$573,400 ±$29,224 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $462,900 ±$3,659
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

8.2% ±4.1% (574  ±288.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 10.5% 83,890 (±0.5% / ±3,645)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

95.8% ±6.5% (5,430  ±430.1) 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)
58.2% ±5.3% (3,300  ±327.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 41.2% 230,608 (±0.6% / ±3,519)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

3.5% ±1.3% (246  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Essex County: 17.9% 144,366 (±0.4% / ±3,475)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

8.2% ±2.5% (503  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 4.7% 29,880 (±0.2% / ±1,187)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
503 Total veterans ±153 485 Male ±152 18 Female ±18

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