Amesbury vs Marblehead

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

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

Marblehead has the higher population (20,334 vs 17,277 in Amesbury). Marblehead has the higher median household income ($165,859 vs $100,599 in Amesbury). Marblehead has the higher median home value ($906,200 vs $475,400 in Amesbury).

Population, income & housing

	Amesbury	Marblehead
Population	17,277	20,334
Median age	44.2 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,599	$165,859
Median home value	$475,400	$906,200
Median gross rent	$1,573	$1,769
Housing units	7,827	8,854
Homeownership rate	68.3%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amesbury	Marblehead
Population	—	20,500 → 20,334 (-0.8%)
Median household income	—	$123,333 → $165,859 (+34.5%)
Median home value	—	$675,400 → $906,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,578 → $1,769 (+12.1%)

Amesbury

Marblehead

Population

20,50020,334

Median household income

$123,333$165,859

Median home value

$675,400$906,200

Median gross rent

$1,578$1,769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amesbury	Marblehead
Under 5	—	3.0%
5 to 17	—	19.0%
18 to 24	—	6.1%
25 to 34	—	6.2%
35 to 44	—	10.4%
45 to 54	—	16.7%
55 to 64	—	16.0%
65 to 74	—	13.2%
75 and over	—	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amesbury	Marblehead
White (non-Hispanic)	—	93.4%
Black or African American	—	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.5%
Asian	—	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.0%
Some other race	—	0.3%
Two or more races	—	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	—	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amesbury	Marblehead
No high school diploma	—	0.9%
High school graduate	—	8.3%
Some college or associate's	—	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	—	41.9%
Graduate or professional degree	—	35.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amesbury	Marblehead
Drove alone	—	53.7%
Carpooled	—	4.2%
Public transit	—	5.6%
Walked	—	5.1%
Bicycle	—	0.7%
Worked from home	—	29.9%
Other means	—	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amesbury	Marblehead
1-unit, detached	—	75.4%
1-unit, attached	—	3.5%
2 to 4 units	—	13.9%
5 to 19 units	—	5.5%
20 or more units	—	1.4%
Mobile home & other	—	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Amesbury	Marblehead
Poverty rate	—	3.8%
Average household size	—	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	—	1944