Danvers vs Marblehead

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

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

Danvers has the higher population (27,924 vs 20,334 in Marblehead). Marblehead has the higher median household income ($165,859 vs $117,072 in Danvers). Marblehead has the higher median home value ($906,200 vs $611,200 in Danvers).

Population, income & housing

	Danvers	Marblehead
Population	27,924	20,334
Median age	45.5 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$117,072	$165,859
Median home value	$611,200	$906,200
Median gross rent	$2,004	$1,769
Housing units	11,405	8,854
Homeownership rate	68.9%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danvers	Marblehead
Population	27,586 → 27,924 (+1.2%)	20,500 → 20,334 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$89,250 → $117,072 (+31.2%)	$123,333 → $165,859 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$427,400 → $611,200 (+43.0%)	$675,400 → $906,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,398 → $2,004 (+43.3%)	$1,578 → $1,769 (+12.1%)

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

Marblehead

Population

20,50020,334

Median household income

$123,333$165,859

Median home value

$675,400$906,200

Median gross rent

$1,578$1,769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danvers	Marblehead
Under 5	4.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.2%
75 and over	10.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danvers	Marblehead
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danvers	Marblehead
No high school diploma	5.5%	0.9%
High school graduate	22.5%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	41.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	35.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danvers	Marblehead
Drove alone	73.4%	53.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.2%
Public transit	2.6%	5.6%
Walked	2.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.5%	29.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danvers	Marblehead
1-unit, detached	55.7%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	5.5%
20 or more units	14.3%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Danvers	Marblehead
Poverty rate	5.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1964	1944