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Census Tract 2021.04, Essex, MA

5,195 Population
0.5 square miles 11,171.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±9.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Swampscott: 44.5 ±3.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$59,465 ±$11,624 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Swampscott: $78,590 † ±$12,614
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
$109,455 ±$52,213 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Swampscott: $134,386 † ±$22,662
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515

7.7% ±3.2% (392  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Swampscott: 7.1% † 1,070 (±3.1% / ±462)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)

35 minutes ±3.1 (70,170  ±16,742) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Swampscott: 34.3 190,860 (±1.7 / ±26,576)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 28.5 9,893,975 (±0.3 / ±138,009)

Families

2,423 ±344 Number of households
  • Swampscott: 6,155 ±252
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
2.1 ±0.4 (5,076  ±597) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Swampscott: 2.5 15,137 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)

1.7% ±2% (23  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Swampscott: 6.4% † 220 (±3.2% / ±112)
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)

Housing

2,438 ±339 Number of housing units
  • Swampscott: 6,593 ±287
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224

$571,900 ±$111,924 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Swampscott: $771,100 ±$40,842
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976

9.8% ±5.3% (508  ±281.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Swampscott: 10% † 1,513 (±3.2% / ±482.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)

Social

93.7% ±7.3% (3,907  ±658) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Swampscott: 96% 10,709 (±6.9% / ±863.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
59.4% ±7.3% (2,479  ±480.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Swampscott: 62.2% 6,935 (±5.3% / ±642)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 43% 246,169 (±0.6% / ±3,530.1)

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

37.7% ±14% (1,957  ±760) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Swampscott: 20.5% † 3,136 (±5% / ±758)
  • about double the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445

4.9% ±2.5% (215  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Swampscott: 4% † 493 (±1.2% / ±148)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
215 Total veterans ±114 148 Male ±90 67 Female ±76

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