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Census Tract 2518, Essex, MA

7,983 Population
1 square miles 8,281.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lawrence: 32.6 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$40,312 ±$8,499 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lawrence: $28,249 ±$1,315
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
$79,541 ±$12,405 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

8.8% ±8.4% (702  ±673) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lawrence: 17.6% † 15,466 (±1.9% / ±1,635)
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)

22.6 minutes ±2.9 (92,545  ±20,018) 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

3,027 ±399 Number of households
  • Lawrence: 31,142 ±786
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
2.6 ±0.5 (7,972  ±985) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence: 2.8 87,975 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,135 ±382 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence: 31,845 ±759
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224

$422,600 ±$38,872 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lawrence: $415,200 ±$23,415
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976

11.4% ±8.3% (909  ±674.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence: 9.1% † 7,958 (±1.5% / ±1,348)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)

Social

82.1% ±8.1% (4,313  ±691.1) 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)
25% ±6.7% (1,314  ±389.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence: 16.8% † 9,335 (±1.8% / ±994)
  • about three-fifths 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

25.4% ±6.7% (2,027  ±587) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lawrence: 44.6% 39,570 (±2.1% / ±1,826)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445

2.9% ±1.5% (178  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence: 1.7% † 1,094 (±0.5% / ±338)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
178 Total veterans ±92 166 Male ±92 12 Female ±19

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