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Chelsea city, Suffolk County, MA

40,025 Population
2.2 square miles 18,040 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 33.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,627 ±$1,537 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Suffolk County: $47,916 ±$686
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$64,782 ±$5,034 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $80,260 ±$1,586
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

22.5% ±3.6% (8,826  ±1,415) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Suffolk County: 17.3% 129,207 (±0.6% / ±4,548)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

35.1 minutes ±1.1 (630,675  ±38,844) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 31.1 11,741,195 (±0.3 / ±151,536)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

13,353 ±672 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 315,192 ±1,720
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.9 ±0.2 (39,302  ±283) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 2.4 744,206 (±0 / ±1,932)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

3.5% ±1.4% (368  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 3.1% 7,479 (±0.3% / ±671)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

13,950 ±651 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 346,557 ±691
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$383,800 ±$18,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Suffolk County: $576,300 ±$6,721
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

14.7% ±2.5% (5,769  ±972.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 18.6% 145,528 (±0.5% / ±4,214.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

67.9% ±3.4% (18,010  ±1,067.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Suffolk County: 87% 481,077 (±0.9% / ±5,119.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
20.9% ±1.9% (5,532  ±536.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Suffolk County: 48.1% 266,176 (±0.7% / ±3,675.2)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

47.2% ±3% (18,909  ±1,180) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 29.8% 236,295 (±0.5% / ±4,040)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

1.5% ±0.5% (453  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Suffolk County: 2.5% 16,544 (±0.2% / ±1,062)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
453 Total veterans ±149 427 Male ±148 26 Female ±36

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