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Census Tract 1602, Suffolk, MA

4,703 Population
0.1 square miles 54,831 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chelsea: 34.4 ±1.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 33.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,462 ±$2,778 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chelsea: $32,986 ±$1,948
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Suffolk County: $58,636 ±$823
$76,067 ±$5,304 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Chelsea: $72,179 † ±$7,994
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Suffolk County: $95,631 ±$1,765

23.7% ±7.1% (1,074  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chelsea: 20.8% † 8,102 (±3.3% / ±1,274)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Suffolk County: 16.2% 119,889 (±0.5% / ±4,033)

37.3 minutes ±6.8 (68,170  ±17,040) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chelsea: 32.9 554,225 (±1.3 / ±42,017)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Suffolk County: 30.9 10,588,695 (±0.3 / ±151,756)

Families

1,182 ±148 Number of households
  • Chelsea: 13,716 ±635
  • Suffolk County: 327,167 ±1,440
4 ±0.5 (4,681  ±838) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Chelsea: 2.9 39,104 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Suffolk County: 2.3 736,673 (±0 / ±439)

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

Housing

1,287 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Chelsea: 14,165 ±629
  • Suffolk County: 357,290 ±240

$464,200 ±$233,836 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Chelsea: $493,500 ±$23,573
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Suffolk County: $705,800 ±$8,139

4.6% ±3.1% (217  ±149.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Chelsea: 12.9% † 5,016 (±2.5% / ±972.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Suffolk County: 18.6% 144,252 (±0.6% / ±4,256.4)

Social

47.4% ±7.5% (1,401  ±330.9) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chelsea: 70.3% 19,025 (±3.8% / ±1,171.5)
  • about half the rate in Suffolk County: 87.5% 483,269 (±1% / ±5,604.5)
10.1% ±4.3% (300  ±137.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Chelsea: 22.2% 6,000 (±2% / ±568.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Suffolk County: 50.6% 279,428 (±0.8% / ±4,161.3)

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

57.6% ±6.7% (2,707  ±577) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chelsea: 46.1% 18,394 (±3.1% / ±1,237)
  • nearly double the rate in Suffolk County: 29.8% 234,039

1.5% ±1.5% (49  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chelsea: 1.6% † 481 (±0.8% / ±251)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Suffolk County: 2.2% 14,271 (±0.1% / ±877)
49 Total veterans ±52 49 Male ±52 N/A Female ±14

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