Danvers vs Newburyport

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

Danvers and Newburyport 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 18,444 in Newburyport). Newburyport has the higher median household income ($144,259 vs $117,072 in Danvers). Newburyport has the higher median home value ($792,400 vs $611,200 in Danvers).

Population, income & housing

	Danvers	Newburyport
Population	27,924	18,444
Median age	45.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$117,072	$144,259
Median home value	$611,200	$792,400
Median gross rent	$2,004	$1,511
Housing units	11,405	8,298
Homeownership rate	68.9%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danvers	Newburyport
Population	27,586 → 27,924 (+1.2%)	18,077 → 18,444 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$89,250 → $117,072 (+31.2%)	$109,839 → $144,259 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$427,400 → $611,200 (+43.0%)	$548,400 → $792,400 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,398 → $2,004 (+43.3%)	$1,338 → $1,511 (+12.9%)

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

Newburyport

Population

18,07718,444

Median household income

$109,839$144,259

Median home value

$548,400$792,400

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,511

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danvers	Newburyport
Under 5	4.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.1%
75 and over	10.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danvers	Newburyport
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danvers	Newburyport
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	22.5%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danvers	Newburyport
Drove alone	73.4%	63.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.9%
Public transit	2.6%	3.0%
Walked	2.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.5%	23.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danvers	Newburyport
1-unit, detached	55.7%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	5.5%
20 or more units	14.3%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Danvers	Newburyport
Poverty rate	5.2%	5.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1964	1952