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Census Tract 2022, Essex, MA

6,256 Population
1.3 square miles 4,692.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Swampscott: 44.5 ±3.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$105,495 ±$24,414 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Swampscott: $78,590 † ±$12,614
  • nearly double the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
$213,000 ±$41,950 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Swampscott: $134,386 † ±$22,662
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515

2.9% ±1.8% (178  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Swampscott: 7.1% † 1,070 (±3.1% / ±462)
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)

35.1 minutes ±1 (77,640  ±23,152) 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

2,300 ±276 Number of households
  • Swampscott: 6,155 ±252
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
2.7 ±0.4 (6,251  ±655) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Swampscott: 2.5 15,137 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)

5.5% ±5% (68  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swampscott: 6.4% † 220 (±3.2% / ±112)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)

Housing

2,576 ±241 Number of housing units
  • Swampscott: 6,593 ±287
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224

$894,100 ±$50,120 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Swampscott: $771,100 ±$40,842
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976

12.7% ±5.3% (788  ±335.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Swampscott: 10% † 1,513 (±3.2% / ±482.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)

Social

98.7% ±16.7% (4,292  ±514.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Swampscott: 96% 10,709 (±6.9% / ±863.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
69.5% ±5% (3,022  ±423.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Swampscott: 62.2% 6,935 (±5.3% / ±642)
  • more than 1.5 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

10.7% ±4.5% (668  ±290) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Swampscott: 20.5% † 3,136 (±5% / ±758)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445

3.9% ±1.9% (189  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Swampscott: 4% † 493 (±1.2% / ±148)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
189 Total veterans ±95 189 Male ±95 N/A Female ±19

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