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Census Tract 2521.01, Essex, MA

3,570 Population
0.7 square miles 5,137.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Methuen: 39.9 ±1.7
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$37,393 ±$4,239 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Methuen: $46,042 ±$2,277
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$81,894 ±$25,407 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Methuen: $113,310 ±$6,977
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

9.8% ±3.6% (343  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Methuen: 7.9% † 4,162 (±1.4% / ±734)
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

24.3 minutes ±9.1 (39,320  ±8,132) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Methuen: 27.7 671,435 (±1.2 / ±39,947)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 28.5 9,893,975 (±0.3 / ±138,009)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

1,400 ±161 Number of households
  • Methuen: 18,691 ±534
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.3 (3,503  ±598) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Methuen: 2.8 52,914 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

3.9% ±5.6% (35  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Methuen: 4.4% † 551 (±1.4% / ±177)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

1,400 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Methuen: 19,191 ±510
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$430,100 ±$18,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Methuen: $499,700 ±$16,529
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

13.2% ±10.9% (469  ±395.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Methuen: 7.8% † 4,138 (±1.7% / ±893.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

87.9% ±7.3% (2,203  ±369.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Methuen: 88.6% 33,042 (±3.3% / ±1,397.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
21.9% ±5.6% (549  ±160.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Methuen: 31% 11,574 (±2% / ±778.5)
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 43% 246,169 (±0.6% / ±3,530.1)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

27.3% ±11.1% (976  ±430) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Methuen: 24% † 12,807 (±2.4% / ±1,299)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

5.4% ±2.6% (152  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Methuen: 3.6% † 1,508 (±0.7% / ±279)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
152 Total veterans ±76 146 Male ±76 6 Female ±10

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