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Essex, MA

1,775 Population
2.1 square miles 862.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$63,654 ±$10,946 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $61,389 ±$358
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$156,094 ±$46,652 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $112,484 ±$779
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

3.3% ±3.6% (59  ±64) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 424,129 (±0.2% / ±8,958)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

23.2 minutes ±3.6 (20,305  ±5,416) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.5 64,916,764 (±0.1 / ±411,878)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

632 ±112 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,925,474 ±3,766
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.8 ±0.2 (1,775  ±332) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,760,875
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

1.3% ±2.1% (6  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.3% 51,864 (±0.1% / ±1,654)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

632 ±112 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,046,121 ±378
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$774,400 ±$82,840 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $610,900 ±$2,066
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

33.4% ±22% (590  ±404.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.5% 610,746 (±0.2% / ±9,345.3)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

98.1% ±7.9% (1,209  ±208.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.3% 3,212,042 (±0.4% / ±14,733.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
67.9% ±10.6% (836  ±182.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 51.2% 1,782,685 (±0.3% / ±10,606.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

1.2% ±1% (22  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.7% 966,395
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

6.7% ±5.7% (88  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.2% 165,842 (±0.1% / ±2,944)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
88 Total veterans ±76 88 Male ±76 N/A Female ±14

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