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Census Tract 2524, Essex, MA

4,649 Population
0.3 square miles 13,685.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Methuen Town: 40.5 ±1.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Essex County: 41.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,710 ±$5,136 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Methuen Town: $44,678 ±$2,231
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $53,210 ±$745
$79,286 ±$20,625 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Methuen Town: $103,270 ±$8,981
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $99,431 ±$1,893

18.7% ±6.5% (871  ±341) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Methuen Town: 8.2% † 4,296 (±1.4% / ±710)
  • about double the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,235 (±0.5% / ±3,960)

25.4 minutes ±3.1 (59,365  ±12,951) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Methuen Town: 28.3 691,140 (±0.9 / ±38,091)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 28.9 10,226,790 (±0.3 / ±143,098)

Families

1,480 ±170 Number of households
  • Methuen Town: 18,816 ±612
  • Essex County: 311,676 ±1,208
3.1 ±0.4 (4,642  ±837) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Methuen Town: 2.8 52,484 (±0.1 / ±37)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.5 790,436 (±0 / ±104)

3.1% ±3.5% (42  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Methuen Town: 4.7% † 588 (±1.6% / ±206)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,057 (±0.4% / ±766)

Housing

1,558 ±167 Number of housing units
  • Methuen Town: 19,511 ±620
  • Essex County: 328,460 ±128

$430,100 ±$93,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Methuen Town: $472,200 ±$12,517
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $584,000 ±$4,587

4.1% ±3.5% (188  ±164.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Methuen Town: 9.2% † 4,813 (±2% / ±1,025.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 9.7% 77,678 (±0.4% / ±3,306.3)

Social

82.2% ±6.9% (2,458  ±418.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Methuen Town: 89% 33,280 (±3.1% / ±1,355.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 510,971 (±0.9% / ±5,265.1)
14.5% ±5.6% (434  ±180.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Methuen Town: 30.5% 11,402 (±1.9% / ±763.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 42.3% 239,863 (±0.6% / ±3,387.5)

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

41.1% ±11.5% (1,909  ±634) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Methuen Town: 24% 12,737 (±1.9% / ±1,029)
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 18.8% 151,560

3.2% ±3.1% (111  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Methuen Town: 3.8% † 1,592 (±0.6% / ±267)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 4.4% 28,163 (±0.2% / ±1,190)
111 Total veterans ±108 48 Male ±49 63 Female ±100

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