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Census Tract 2524, Essex, MA

4,752 Population
0.3 square miles 13,988.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Methuen: 39.9 ±1.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$35,917 ±$5,393 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 three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$83,646 ±$14,290 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

15.6% ±5.8% (739  ±300) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Methuen: 7.9% † 4,162 (±1.4% / ±734)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

25.1 minutes ±4.3 (59,810  ±14,141) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Methuen: 27.7 671,435 (±1.2 / ±39,947)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 28.5 9,893,975 (±0.3 / ±138,009)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

1,507 ±182 Number of households
  • Methuen: 18,691 ±534
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
3.2 ±0.3 (4,745  ±765) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Methuen: 2.8 52,914 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

2.9% ±3.3% (41  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Methuen: 4.4% † 551 (±1.4% / ±177)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

1,583 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Methuen: 19,191 ±510
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$446,800 ±$67,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Methuen: $499,700 ±$16,529
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

3.3% ±3.4% (155  ±159.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Methuen: 7.8% † 4,138 (±1.7% / ±893.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

82.8% ±7.2% (2,556  ±412.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Methuen: 88.6% 33,042 (±3.3% / ±1,397.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
15.8% ±6.1% (489  ±198.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Methuen: 31% 11,574 (±2% / ±778.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 43% 246,169 (±0.6% / ±3,530.1)
  • about one-third of 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

42.8% ±9% (2,032  ±539) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Methuen: 24% † 12,807 (±2.4% / ±1,299)
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

3% ±3.2% (107  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Methuen: 3.6% † 1,508 (±0.7% / ±279)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
107 Total veterans ±114 44 Male ±46 63 Female ±100

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