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Census Tract 2215, Essex, MA

2,819 Population
0.3 square miles 8,961.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Gloucester: 50.2 ±2.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$42,248 ±$7,502 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gloucester: $53,768 ±$3,506
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
$53,524 ±$10,814 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gloucester: $83,883 ±$5,521
  • about half the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515

21.1% ±7.1% (593  ±211) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Gloucester: 9.6% † 2,866 (±1.9% / ±569)
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)

17.9 minutes ±3.8 (23,160  ±7,502) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Gloucester: 23.9 316,395 (±1.3 / ±24,898)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Essex County: 28.5 9,893,975 (±0.3 / ±138,009)

Families

1,597 ±216 Number of households
  • Gloucester: 13,444 ±416
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
1.7 ±0.3 (2,756  ±332) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gloucester: 2.2 29,808 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)

3.3% ±8.3% (15  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gloucester: 5% † 282 (±2.2% / ±124)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)

Housing

1,729 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Gloucester: 14,867 ±423
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224

$473,900 ±$48,833 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gloucester: $600,600 ±$17,698
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976

13.3% ±7.2% (365  ±202.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gloucester: 8.3% † 2,477 (±2.1% / ±617)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)

Social

84.8% ±8.7% (1,957  ±323.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gloucester: 93.5% 21,836 (±4.2% / ±1,079.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
35.6% ±8.5% (822  ±223) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gloucester: 40.3% 9,408 (±2.7% / ±657.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 43% 246,169 (±0.6% / ±3,530.1)

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

13.6% ±7.6% (382  ±220) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Gloucester: 10.2% † 3,069 (±1.6% / ±481)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445

11.3% ±4.9% (278  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Gloucester: 5.2% † 1,320 (±1% / ±254)
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
278 Total veterans ±126 269 Male ±125 9 Female ±14

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