Amesbury vs Newburyport

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

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

Newburyport has the higher population (18,444 vs 17,277 in Amesbury). Newburyport has the higher median household income ($144,259 vs $100,599 in Amesbury). Newburyport has the higher median home value ($792,400 vs $475,400 in Amesbury).

Population, income & housing

	Amesbury	Newburyport
Population	17,277	18,444
Median age	44.2 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,599	$144,259
Median home value	$475,400	$792,400
Median gross rent	$1,573	$1,511
Housing units	7,827	8,298
Homeownership rate	68.3%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amesbury	Newburyport
Population	—	18,077 → 18,444 (+2.0%)
Median household income	—	$109,839 → $144,259 (+31.3%)
Median home value	—	$548,400 → $792,400 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,338 → $1,511 (+12.9%)

Amesbury

Newburyport

Population

18,07718,444

Median household income

$109,839$144,259

Median home value

$548,400$792,400

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,511

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amesbury	Newburyport
Under 5	—	3.4%
5 to 17	—	18.3%
18 to 24	—	4.5%
25 to 34	—	9.6%
35 to 44	—	10.9%
45 to 54	—	12.2%
55 to 64	—	18.1%
65 to 74	—	13.1%
75 and over	—	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amesbury	Newburyport
White (non-Hispanic)	—	91.0%
Black or African American	—	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.0%
Some other race	—	0.1%
Two or more races	—	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	—	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amesbury	Newburyport
No high school diploma	—	2.4%
High school graduate	—	11.9%
Some college or associate's	—	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	—	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	—	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amesbury	Newburyport
Drove alone	—	63.1%
Carpooled	—	3.9%
Public transit	—	3.0%
Walked	—	4.6%
Bicycle	—	0.5%
Worked from home	—	23.6%
Other means	—	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amesbury	Newburyport
1-unit, detached	—	55.1%
1-unit, attached	—	14.2%
2 to 4 units	—	17.4%
5 to 19 units	—	5.5%
20 or more units	—	7.8%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amesbury	Newburyport
Poverty rate	—	5.1%
Average household size	—	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	—	1952