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Essex County (Central)--Peabody, Danvers & Saugus PUMA, MA

174,334 Population
143.4 square miles 1,215.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$58,629 ±$3,625 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$121,354 ±$10,523 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.7% ±1.9% (11,426  ±3,195) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.6 minutes ±1.7 (2,227,595  ±183,128) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

66,132 ±3,068 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.2 (170,141  ±5,575) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.6% ±1.2% (909  ±415) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

68,081 ±3,017 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$677,000 ±$16,013 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.7% ±2.3% (18,598  ±4,089.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.6% ±3.2% (119,188  ±6,105.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
46.6% ±2.7% (59,294  ±4,146.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

17.5% ±1.4% (28,446  ±2,234.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 25.1% 1,679,100 (±0.2% / ±11,808.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

12.8% ±2.1% (22,310  ±3,738) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±1.1% (8,099  ±1,549) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,099 Total veterans ±1,549 7,717 Male ±1,533 382 Female ±268

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