Beverly vs Saugus

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

Beverly and Saugus 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 28,599 in Saugus). Beverly has the higher median household income ($103,739 vs $100,819 in Saugus). Beverly has the higher median home value ($621,900 vs $589,500 in Saugus).

Population, income & housing

	Beverly	Saugus
Population	42,408	28,599
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,739	$100,819
Median home value	$621,900	$589,500
Median gross rent	$1,683	$1,982
Housing units	17,665	11,259
Homeownership rate	60.1%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beverly	Saugus
Population	41,885 → 42,408 (+1.2%)	28,215 → 28,599 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$80,586 → $103,739 (+28.7%)	$88,667 → $100,819 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$437,300 → $621,900 (+42.2%)	$394,900 → $589,500 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,683 (+31.3%)	$919 → $1,982 (+115.7%)

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

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)

	Beverly	Saugus
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.9%
75 and over	8.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beverly	Saugus
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	74.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	3.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beverly	Saugus
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	20.9%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beverly	Saugus
Drove alone	62.2%	72.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.9%
Public transit	7.1%	3.5%
Walked	5.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	11.7%
Other means	2.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beverly	Saugus
1-unit, detached	50.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	7.9%
20 or more units	14.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Beverly	Saugus
Poverty rate	9.9%	6.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1957	1961