Amesbury vs Saugus

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

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

Saugus has the higher population (28,599 vs 17,277 in Amesbury). Saugus has the higher median household income ($100,819 vs $100,599 in Amesbury). Saugus has the higher median home value ($589,500 vs $475,400 in Amesbury).

Population, income & housing

	Amesbury	Saugus
Population	17,277	28,599
Median age	44.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,599	$100,819
Median home value	$475,400	$589,500
Median gross rent	$1,573	$1,982
Housing units	7,827	11,259
Homeownership rate	68.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amesbury	Saugus
Population	—	28,215 → 28,599 (+1.4%)
Median household income	—	$88,667 → $100,819 (+13.7%)
Median home value	—	$394,900 → $589,500 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$919 → $1,982 (+115.7%)

Amesbury

Saugus

Population

28,21528,599

Median household income

$88,667$100,819

Median home value

$394,900$589,500

Median gross rent

$919$1,982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amesbury	Saugus
Under 5	—	4.1%
5 to 17	—	12.8%
18 to 24	—	7.5%
25 to 34	—	13.8%
35 to 44	—	13.2%
45 to 54	—	13.5%
55 to 64	—	13.4%
65 to 74	—	11.9%
75 and over	—	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amesbury	Saugus
White (non-Hispanic)	—	74.3%
Black or African American	—	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.1%
Some other race	—	3.1%
Two or more races	—	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	—	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amesbury	Saugus
No high school diploma	—	9.2%
High school graduate	—	33.9%
Some college or associate's	—	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	—	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	—	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amesbury	Saugus
Drove alone	—	72.8%
Carpooled	—	6.9%
Public transit	—	3.5%
Walked	—	2.6%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	11.7%
Other means	—	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amesbury	Saugus
1-unit, detached	—	65.6%
1-unit, attached	—	4.2%
2 to 4 units	—	13.5%
5 to 19 units	—	7.9%
20 or more units	—	8.3%
Mobile home & other	—	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Amesbury	Saugus
Poverty rate	—	6.4%
Average household size	—	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	—	1961