Danvers vs Gloucester

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

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

Gloucester has the higher population (29,862 vs 27,924 in Danvers). Danvers has the higher median household income ($117,072 vs $87,898 in Gloucester). Danvers has the higher median home value ($611,200 vs $587,800 in Gloucester).

Population, income & housing

	Danvers	Gloucester
Population	27,924	29,862
Median age	45.5 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$117,072	$87,898
Median home value	$611,200	$587,800
Median gross rent	$2,004	$1,395
Housing units	11,405	14,630
Homeownership rate	68.9%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danvers	Gloucester
Population	27,586 → 27,924 (+1.2%)	30,162 → 29,862 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$89,250 → $117,072 (+31.2%)	$72,574 → $87,898 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$427,400 → $611,200 (+43.0%)	$425,400 → $587,800 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,398 → $2,004 (+43.3%)	$1,185 → $1,395 (+17.7%)

Danvers

Population

27,58627,924

Median household income

$89,250$117,072

Median home value

$427,400$611,200

Median gross rent

$1,398$2,004

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)

	Danvers	Gloucester
Under 5	4.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	10.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	19.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	16.0%
75 and over	10.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danvers	Gloucester
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	89.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danvers	Gloucester
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	22.5%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danvers	Gloucester
Drove alone	73.4%	74.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.6%
Public transit	2.6%	2.5%
Walked	2.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	10.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danvers	Gloucester
1-unit, detached	55.7%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	32.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	14.3%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Danvers	Gloucester
Poverty rate	5.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1964	1944