Beverly vs Gloucester

A side-by-side comparison of Beverly and Gloucester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beverly has the higher population (42,408 vs 29,862 in Gloucester). Beverly has the higher median household income ($103,739 vs $87,898 in Gloucester). Beverly has the higher median home value ($621,900 vs $587,800 in Gloucester).

Population, income & housing

	Beverly	Gloucester
Population	42,408	29,862
Median age	39.5 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,739	$87,898
Median home value	$621,900	$587,800
Median gross rent	$1,683	$1,395
Housing units	17,665	14,630
Homeownership rate	60.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beverly	Gloucester
Population	41,885 → 42,408 (+1.2%)	30,162 → 29,862 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$80,586 → $103,739 (+28.7%)	$72,574 → $87,898 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$437,300 → $621,900 (+42.2%)	$425,400 → $587,800 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,683 (+31.3%)	$1,185 → $1,395 (+17.7%)

Beverly

Population

41,88542,408

Median household income

$80,586$103,739

Median home value

$437,300$621,900

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,683

Gloucester

Population

30,16229,862

Median household income

$72,574$87,898

Median home value

$425,400$587,800

Median gross rent

$1,185$1,395

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beverly	Gloucester
Under 5	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	10.0%
18 to 24	12.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	16.0%
75 and over	8.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beverly	Gloucester
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	89.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beverly	Gloucester
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	20.9%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beverly	Gloucester
Drove alone	62.2%	74.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.6%
Public transit	7.1%	2.5%
Walked	5.1%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	10.7%
Other means	2.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beverly	Gloucester
1-unit, detached	50.1%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	32.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	14.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Beverly	Gloucester
Poverty rate	9.9%	10.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1957	1944