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Gloucester, MA

30,291 Population
26.2 square miles 1,156.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$44,630 ±$2,681 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $49,528 ±$292
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$76,260 ±$6,216 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $93,537 ±$576
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

9.6% ±1.7% (2,888  ±509) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9% 421,702 (±0.2% / ±8,412)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

26.8 minutes ±1.7 (387,115  ±31,059) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.5 74,154,480 (±0.1 / ±410,121)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

13,410 ±464 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,852,755 ±3,076
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.2 ±0.1 (29,936  ±147) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,689,203
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

9% ±2.3% (489  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.4% 52,496 (±0.1% / ±1,612)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

15,004 ±444 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,972,346 ±781
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$435,200 ±$13,364 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $461,500 ±$1,751
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

9.4% ±1.8% (2,789  ±520.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 13.2% 634,070 (±0.2% / ±9,609.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

94.3% ±3.8% (22,265  ±1,007.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92% 3,131,699 (±0.4% / ±13,807.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
39.2% ±2.5% (9,257  ±624.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 49% 1,666,453 (±0.3% / ±9,864.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

8.4% ±1.8% (2,558  ±534) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 18.9% 918,197 (±0.2% / ±7,699)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

5.7% ±1% (1,439  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.9% 188,799 (±0.1% / ±3,116)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
1,439 Total veterans ±242 1,387 Male ±238 52 Female ±41

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