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Census Tract 2517, Essex, MA

5,702 Population
1 square miles 5,899.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±6.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lawrence: 32.6 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,046 ±$6,776 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lawrence: $28,249 ±$1,315
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
$79,167 ±$45,377 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lawrence: $60,433 ±$2,529
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515

21.6% ±11.3% (1,217  ±654) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence: 17.6% † 15,466 (±1.9% / ±1,635)
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)

23.3 minutes ±7.9 (53,800  ±12,678) 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

2,198 ±274 Number of households
  • Lawrence: 31,142 ±786
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
2.6 ±0.1 (5,682  ±728) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence: 2.8 87,975 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)

2.5% ±3.8% (33  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Lawrence: 5.1% † 1,171 (±1.1% / ±264)
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)

Housing

2,209 ±280 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence: 31,845 ±759
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224

$429,100 ±$50,007 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Lawrence: $415,200 ±$23,415
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976

15.6% ±7.5% (880  ±440.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence: 9.1% † 7,958 (±1.5% / ±1,348)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)

Social

82.3% ±9.3% (3,176  ±570.3) 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)
20.2% ±6.7% (778  ±281.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence: 16.8% † 9,335 (±1.8% / ±994)
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 43% 246,169 (±0.6% / ±3,530.1)

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

41.4% ±7.6% (2,363  ±528) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lawrence: 44.6% 39,570 (±2.1% / ±1,826)
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445

0.8% ±1% (36  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Lawrence: 1.7% † 1,094 (±0.5% / ±338)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
36 Total veterans ±45 19 Male ±34 17 Female ±28

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