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Census Tract 2609, Essex, MA

5,879 Population
1.2 square miles 5,091.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Haverhill: 39.4 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$35,029 ±$4,829 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Haverhill: $44,086 ±$1,705
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Essex County: $54,665 ±$814
$85,753 ±$11,873 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Haverhill: $88,326 ±$4,293
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $101,883 ±$1,515

9.6% ±5.8% (565  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Haverhill: 11.3% † 7,566 (±1.5% / ±987)
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 9.4% 74,710 (±0.4% / ±3,280)

23.5 minutes ±7.1 (53,010  ±11,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Haverhill: 27.4 825,750 (±1 / ±43,462)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 28.5 9,893,975 (±0.3 / ±138,009)

Families

2,179 ±263 Number of households
  • Haverhill: 26,545 ±667
  • Essex County: 313,147 ±1,080
2.7 ±0.1 (5,879  ±770) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Haverhill: 2.5 66,685 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.5 795,766 (±0 / ±99)

4.5% ±4.8% (60  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Haverhill: 5.6% † 881 (±1.5% / ±236)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,002 (±0.4% / ±808)

Housing

2,239 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Haverhill: 27,892 ±684
  • Essex County: 329,776 ±224

$371,700 ±$35,785 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Haverhill: $453,900 ±$8,578
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Essex County: $619,100 ±$3,976

3.3% ±2.6% (193  ±155.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Haverhill: 9% † 6,023 (±1.3% / ±896.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 9.3% 74,452 (±0.4% / ±3,349.7)

Social

89% ±8.9% (3,740  ±558.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Haverhill: 90.4% 43,059 (±3% / ±1,689)
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 90.1% 515,161 (±0.9% / ±5,311.3)
29% ±5.2% (1,217  ±258.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Haverhill: 32.6% 15,531 (±1.9% / ±977.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

15.1% ±4.7% (889  ±301) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Haverhill: 13.7% † 9,274 (±1.4% / ±974)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 19.1% 155,445

5% ±3.1% (229  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Haverhill: 4.7% † 2,476 (±0.9% / ±455)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 4.3% 27,478 (±0.2% / ±1,155)
229 Total veterans ±148 224 Male ±147 5 Female ±12

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