Amesbury vs Lynnfield

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

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

Amesbury has the higher population (17,277 vs 12,964 in Lynnfield). Lynnfield has the higher median household income ($172,484 vs $100,599 in Amesbury). Lynnfield has the higher median home value ($904,200 vs $475,400 in Amesbury).

Population, income & housing

	Amesbury	Lynnfield
Population	17,277	12,964
Median age	44.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,599	$172,484
Median home value	$475,400	$904,200
Median gross rent	$1,573	$2,333
Housing units	7,827	4,788
Homeownership rate	68.3%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	61.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amesbury	Lynnfield
Population	—	12,894 → 12,964 (+0.5%)
Median household income	—	$128,641 → $172,484 (+34.1%)
Median home value	—	$670,700 → $904,200 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,669 → $2,333 (+39.8%)

Amesbury

Lynnfield

Population

12,89412,964

Median household income

$128,641$172,484

Median home value

$670,700$904,200

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amesbury	Lynnfield
Under 5	—	6.8%
5 to 17	—	20.6%
18 to 24	—	4.9%
25 to 34	—	9.4%
35 to 44	—	14.6%
45 to 54	—	12.9%
55 to 64	—	12.3%
65 to 74	—	10.3%
75 and over	—	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amesbury	Lynnfield
White (non-Hispanic)	—	81.1%
Black or African American	—	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.0%
Some other race	—	0.6%
Two or more races	—	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	—	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amesbury	Lynnfield
No high school diploma	—	2.2%
High school graduate	—	17.2%
Some college or associate's	—	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	—	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	—	30.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amesbury	Lynnfield
Drove alone	—	68.4%
Carpooled	—	4.7%
Public transit	—	1.5%
Walked	—	0.2%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	24.9%
Other means	—	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amesbury	Lynnfield
1-unit, detached	—	80.9%
1-unit, attached	—	4.7%
2 to 4 units	—	3.9%
5 to 19 units	—	2.0%
20 or more units	—	8.4%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amesbury	Lynnfield
Poverty rate	—	6.1%
Average household size	—	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	—	1965