Danvers vs Saugus

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

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

Saugus has the higher population (28,599 vs 27,924 in Danvers). Danvers has the higher median household income ($117,072 vs $100,819 in Saugus). Danvers has the higher median home value ($611,200 vs $589,500 in Saugus).

Population, income & housing

	Danvers	Saugus
Population	27,924	28,599
Median age	45.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,072	$100,819
Median home value	$611,200	$589,500
Median gross rent	$2,004	$1,982
Housing units	11,405	11,259
Homeownership rate	68.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danvers	Saugus
Population	27,586 → 27,924 (+1.2%)	28,215 → 28,599 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$89,250 → $117,072 (+31.2%)	$88,667 → $100,819 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$427,400 → $611,200 (+43.0%)	$394,900 → $589,500 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,398 → $2,004 (+43.3%)	$919 → $1,982 (+115.7%)

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

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)

	Danvers	Saugus
Under 5	4.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.9%
75 and over	10.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danvers	Saugus
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	74.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	3.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danvers	Saugus
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	22.5%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danvers	Saugus
Drove alone	73.4%	72.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.9%
Public transit	2.6%	3.5%
Walked	2.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	11.7%
Other means	0.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danvers	Saugus
1-unit, detached	55.7%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.9%
20 or more units	14.3%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Danvers	Saugus
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1964	1961