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Census Tract 2042, Essex, MA

5,079 Population
0.4 square miles 13,987.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Salem: 39.3 ±1.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$55,424 ±$9,132 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Salem: $50,339 ±$2,150
  • about the same as the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
$90,625 ±$34,797 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Salem: $85,153 ±$5,154
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515

12.7% ±8.1% (645  ±425) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Salem: 12.1% † 5,245 (±2.5% / ±1,075)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)

22.7 minutes ±7.7 (56,040  ±11,477) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Salem: 28.5 559,875 (±1.4 / ±42,504)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 28.5 9,893,975 (±0.3 / ±138,009)

Families

2,547 ±347 Number of households
  • Salem: 20,267 ±583
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
2 ±0.1 (5,050  ±769) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Salem: 2.1 43,268 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)

14% ±15.4% (205  ±232) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Salem: 5.2% † 661 (±2.2% / ±283)
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)

Housing

2,791 ±331 Number of housing units
  • Salem: 21,492 ±587
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224

$523,600 ±$72,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Salem: $542,800 ±$17,690
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976

14.1% ±7% (695  ±359.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Salem: 9.6% † 4,232 (±1.6% / ±699)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)

Social

87.8% ±6.2% (3,508  ±552.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Salem: 91.9% 30,358 (±3.7% / ±1,396.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
47.9% ±7.2% (1,915  ±395.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Salem: 47.8% 15,788 (±2.7% / ±961.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 43% 246,169 (±0.6% / ±3,530.1)

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

4.8% ±2.6% (246  ±137) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Salem: 16.3% † 7,291 (±1.8% / ±806)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445

1.8% ±2% (82  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Salem: 3.6% † 1,364 (±0.9% / ±337)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
82 Total veterans ±89 69 Male ±86 13 Female ±20

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