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Census Tract 2231, Essex, MA

4,162 Population
17.3 square miles 240.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ipswich: 43.1 ±2.9
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$73,814 ±$12,653 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ipswich: $67,543 † ±$9,917
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
$136,815 ±$27,604 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ipswich: $104,102 † ±$23,718
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515

6.9% ±2.9% (283  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ipswich: 5.6% † 275 (±3.1% / ±157)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)

29.6 minutes ±3.3 (46,695  ±10,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ipswich: 26.5 † 61,135 (±3.3 / ±12,886)
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 28.5 9,893,975 (±0.3 / ±138,009)

Families

1,751 ±176 Number of households
  • Ipswich: 2,126 ±209
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
2.3 ±0.3 (4,072  ±387) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ipswich: 2.3 4,922 (±0.2 / ±599)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)

3.5% ±4.1% (21  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ipswich: 0.7% † 8 (±1.3% / ±14)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)

Housing

1,990 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Ipswich: 2,160 ±200
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224

$796,600 ±$65,596 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ipswich: $598,400 ±$44,545
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976

8% ±3.7% (330  ±155.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ipswich: 9.6% † 473 (±4.5% / ±227.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)

Social

98.7% ±7.4% (3,048  ±331.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ipswich: 97.4% 3,517 (±5.1% / ±405.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
60.9% ±6.3% (1,880  ±244.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ipswich: 55.2% † 1,994 (±5.8% / ±292.1)
  • 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

4.1% ±2.2% (169  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ipswich: 6.4% † 317 (±3.1% / ±159)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445

5.6% ±2.8% (185  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ipswich: 5% † 195 (±2.2% / ±89)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
185 Total veterans ±92 185 Male ±92 N/A Female ±14

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