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Chelsea city, Suffolk County, MA

39,460 Population
2.2 square miles 17,785.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 33.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$31,544 ±$2,053 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Suffolk County: $56,920 ±$832
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$72,220 ±$5,520 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $92,859 ±$2,104
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

20.6% ±3% (7,956  ±1,164) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 16.5% 121,929 (±0.5% / ±3,647)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

33.5 minutes ±1.4 (552,630  ±43,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 30.9 10,933,940 (±0.5 / ±198,869)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

13,538 ±600 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 322,184 ±1,711
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.9 ±0.1 (38,639  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 2.3 736,608 (±0 / ±566)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

4.6% ±1.6% (454  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Suffolk County: 3.3% 7,714 (±0.3% / ±684)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

14,178 ±625 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 353,930 ±250
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$476,500 ±$14,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Suffolk County: $680,700 ±$7,738
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

13.5% ±2.8% (5,194  ±1,058.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Suffolk County: 18.8% 145,176 (±0.6% / ±4,253.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

69.1% ±3.6% (18,466  ±1,118.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 87.6% 482,671 (±1% / ±5,554.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
22% ±2.2% (5,873  ±602) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Suffolk County: 49.9% 274,881 (±0.7% / ±3,975.1)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

45.3% ±3.4% (17,859  ±1,356) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 29.4% 230,245
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

2% ±0.9% (579  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 2.3% 15,040 (±0.2% / ±984)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
579 Total veterans ±272 566 Male ±270 13 Female ±21

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