Amesbury vs Danvers

A side-by-side comparison of Amesbury and Danvers: population, income, housing, and more.

Amesbury and Danvers are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Danvers has the higher population (27,924 vs 17,277 in Amesbury). Danvers has the higher median household income ($117,072 vs $100,599 in Amesbury). Danvers has the higher median home value ($611,200 vs $475,400 in Amesbury).

Population, income & housing

	Amesbury	Danvers
Population	17,277	27,924
Median age	44.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,599	$117,072
Median home value	$475,400	$611,200
Median gross rent	$1,573	$2,004
Housing units	7,827	11,405
Homeownership rate	68.3%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amesbury	Danvers
Population	—	27,586 → 27,924 (+1.2%)
Median household income	—	$89,250 → $117,072 (+31.2%)
Median home value	—	$427,400 → $611,200 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,398 → $2,004 (+43.3%)

Amesbury

Danvers

Population

27,58627,924

Median household income

$89,250$117,072

Median home value

$427,400$611,200

Median gross rent

$1,398$2,004

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amesbury	Danvers
Under 5	—	4.4%
5 to 17	—	12.4%
18 to 24	—	8.2%
25 to 34	—	11.6%
35 to 44	—	13.0%
45 to 54	—	12.0%
55 to 64	—	16.1%
65 to 74	—	11.5%
75 and over	—	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amesbury	Danvers
White (non-Hispanic)	—	88.0%
Black or African American	—	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.1%
Some other race	—	0.7%
Two or more races	—	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	—	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amesbury	Danvers
No high school diploma	—	5.5%
High school graduate	—	22.5%
Some college or associate's	—	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	—	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	—	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amesbury	Danvers
Drove alone	—	73.4%
Carpooled	—	4.2%
Public transit	—	2.6%
Walked	—	2.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	17.5%
Other means	—	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amesbury	Danvers
1-unit, detached	—	55.7%
1-unit, attached	—	6.6%
2 to 4 units	—	10.7%
5 to 19 units	—	11.6%
20 or more units	—	14.3%
Mobile home & other	—	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Amesbury	Danvers
Poverty rate	—	5.2%
Average household size	—	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	—	1964