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Swampscott town, Essex County, MA

14,755 Population
3 square miles 4,882.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$57,974 ±$5,088 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Essex County: $40,697 ±$420
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$113,422 ±$8,821 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $75,878 ±$1,022
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

3% ±1.3% (438  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 81,801 (±0.4% / ±3,316)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

34.7 minutes ±2.3 (242,175  ±20,294) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 30.2 11,225,940 (±0.3 / ±132,584)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

5,495 ±187 Number of households
  • Essex County: 292,659 ±1,070
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.7 ±0.1 (14,604  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.6 763,016 (±0 / ±875)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

7.3% ±3.7% (239  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 8,959 (±0.4% / ±705)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

5,853 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 312,013 ±386
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$455,400 ±$22,501 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $389,900 ±$2,392
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

11.5% ±3.3% (1,657  ±480.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 10.9% 83,970 (±0.4% / ±3,047.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

96.9% ±5.8% (10,051  ±659.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 89.3% 481,053 (±0.8% / ±4,328.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
56.7% ±4.4% (5,874  ±481.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 39.4% 212,106 (±0.5% / ±2,763.9)
  • about 1.3 times 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

11.2% ±2.4% (1,652  ±348) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 16.7% 130,289 (±0.3% / ±2,608)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

5.7% ±1.2% (645  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 5.6% 34,152 (±0.2% / ±954)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
645 Total veterans ±132 594 Male ±128 51 Female ±43

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