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Census Tract 2502, Essex, MA

6,225 Population
0.6 square miles 11,068.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence: 32.6 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,840 ±$6,909 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence: $28,249 ±$1,315
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
$81,449 ±$36,415 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lawrence: $60,433 ±$2,529
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515

8.7% ±5.2% (534  ±331) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lawrence: 17.6% † 15,466 (±1.9% / ±1,635)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)

23.4 minutes ±6.7 (68,040  ±13,546) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence: 23 901,900 (±0.8 / ±44,438)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 28.5 9,893,975 (±0.3 / ±138,009)

Families

1,898 ±196 Number of households
  • Lawrence: 31,142 ±786
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
3.3 ±0.5 (6,181  ±1,077) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lawrence: 2.8 87,975 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)

0.8% ±0.9% (11  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lawrence: 5.1% † 1,171 (±1.1% / ±264)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)

Housing

1,963 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence: 31,845 ±759
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224

$395,200 ±$46,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lawrence: $415,200 ±$23,415
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976

7.6% ±4.9% (464  ±310.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lawrence: 9.1% † 7,958 (±1.5% / ±1,348)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)

Social

79.2% ±7.7% (3,102  ±601.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence: 72.5% 40,200 (±3.2% / ±1,898.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
27.3% ±9.5% (1,070  ±412.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence: 16.8% † 9,335 (±1.8% / ±994)
  • about two-thirds 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

35.4% ±7.6% (2,204  ±607) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lawrence: 44.6% 39,570 (±2.1% / ±1,826)
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445

5.1% ±3.5% (231  ±163) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Lawrence: 1.7% † 1,094 (±0.5% / ±338)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
231 Total veterans ±163 204 Male ±157 27 Female ±41

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