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Essex County (Northwest)--Haverhill & Methuen PUMA, MA

120,854 Population
55.2 square miles 2,187.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,166 ±$2,968 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$98,375 ±$7,898 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9% ±2.5% (10,722  ±2,940) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27.5 minutes ±0.7 (1,514,685  ±57,336) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

44,805 ±2,027 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0.1 (119,225  ±86) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.6% ±2.3% (1,261  ±630) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

46,500 ±2,013 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$482,000 ±$20,049 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.1% ±2.6% (8,522  ±3,123.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.2% ±5% (75,623  ±5,041.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
33.5% ±3.3% (28,063  ±2,944.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

31.5% ±2% (35,976  ±2,284) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 24.8% 1,644,572 (±0.2% / ±13,262.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

18.2% ±2.9% (22,034  ±3,558) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.8% ±1% (3,591  ±944) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,591 Total veterans ±944 3,194 Male ±910 397 Female ±356

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