Amesbury vs Swampscott

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

Amesbury and Swampscott 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 15,209 in Swampscott). Swampscott has the higher median household income ($128,964 vs $100,599 in Amesbury). Swampscott has the higher median home value ($690,800 vs $475,400 in Amesbury).

Population, income & housing

	Amesbury	Swampscott
Population	17,277	15,209
Median age	44.2 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,599	$128,964
Median home value	$475,400	$690,800
Median gross rent	$1,573	$2,223
Housing units	7,827	6,631
Homeownership rate	68.3%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	61.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amesbury	Swampscott
Population	—	15,002 → 15,209 (+1.4%)
Median household income	—	$113,407 → $128,964 (+13.7%)
Median home value	—	$475,500 → $690,800 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,916 → $2,223 (+16.0%)

Amesbury

Swampscott

Population

15,00215,209

Median household income

$113,407$128,964

Median home value

$475,500$690,800

Median gross rent

$1,916$2,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amesbury	Swampscott
Under 5	—	6.3%
5 to 17	—	13.1%
18 to 24	—	7.2%
25 to 34	—	10.1%
35 to 44	—	13.0%
45 to 54	—	15.6%
55 to 64	—	15.4%
65 to 74	—	10.7%
75 and over	—	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amesbury	Swampscott
White (non-Hispanic)	—	84.5%
Black or African American	—	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.0%
Asian	—	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.0%
Some other race	—	0.4%
Two or more races	—	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	—	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amesbury	Swampscott
No high school diploma	—	3.4%
High school graduate	—	14.7%
Some college or associate's	—	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	—	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	—	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amesbury	Swampscott
Drove alone	—	57.0%
Carpooled	—	5.3%
Public transit	—	12.4%
Walked	—	1.4%
Bicycle	—	0.1%
Worked from home	—	23.0%
Other means	—	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amesbury	Swampscott
1-unit, detached	—	53.1%
1-unit, attached	—	5.0%
2 to 4 units	—	23.5%
5 to 19 units	—	4.2%
20 or more units	—	14.1%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amesbury	Swampscott
Poverty rate	—	7.0%
Average household size	—	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	—	1953