Gloucester vs Marblehead

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

Gloucester and Marblehead 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 20,334 in Marblehead). Marblehead has the higher median household income ($165,859 vs $87,898 in Gloucester). Marblehead has the higher median home value ($906,200 vs $587,800 in Gloucester).

Population, income & housing

	Gloucester	Marblehead
Population	29,862	20,334
Median age	51.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,898	$165,859
Median home value	$587,800	$906,200
Median gross rent	$1,395	$1,769
Housing units	14,630	8,854
Homeownership rate	63.3%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gloucester	Marblehead
Population	30,162 → 29,862 (-1.0%)	20,500 → 20,334 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$72,574 → $87,898 (+21.1%)	$123,333 → $165,859 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$425,400 → $587,800 (+38.2%)	$675,400 → $906,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,395 (+17.7%)	$1,578 → $1,769 (+12.1%)

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

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)

	Gloucester	Marblehead
Under 5	5.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	19.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	13.2%
75 and over	9.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gloucester	Marblehead
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gloucester	Marblehead
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.9%
High school graduate	28.2%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	41.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	35.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gloucester	Marblehead
Drove alone	74.1%	53.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.2%
Public transit	2.5%	5.6%
Walked	4.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.7%	29.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gloucester	Marblehead
1-unit, detached	51.0%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	32.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Gloucester	Marblehead
Poverty rate	10.6%	3.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1944	1944