Gloucester vs Methuen

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

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

Methuen has the higher population (53,043 vs 29,862 in Gloucester). Methuen has the higher median household income ($103,270 vs $87,898 in Gloucester). Gloucester has the higher median home value ($587,800 vs $472,200 in Methuen).

Population, income & housing

	Gloucester	Methuen
Population	29,862	53,043
Median age	51.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,898	$103,270
Median home value	$587,800	$472,200
Median gross rent	$1,395	$1,610
Housing units	14,630	19,511
Homeownership rate	63.3%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gloucester	Methuen
Population	30,162 → 29,862 (-1.0%)	—
Median household income	$72,574 → $87,898 (+21.1%)	—
Median home value	$425,400 → $587,800 (+38.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,395 (+17.7%)	—

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

Methuen

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gloucester	Methuen
Under 5	5.5%	—
5 to 17	10.0%	—
18 to 24	7.6%	—
25 to 34	10.1%	—
35 to 44	11.2%	—
45 to 54	10.7%	—
55 to 64	19.5%	—
65 to 74	16.0%	—
75 and over	9.4%	—

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gloucester	Methuen
No high school diploma	6.1%	—
High school graduate	28.2%	—
Some college or associate's	26.9%	—
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	—
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	—

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gloucester	Methuen
Drove alone	74.1%	—
Carpooled	6.6%	—
Public transit	2.5%	—
Walked	4.8%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	10.7%	—
Other means	1.4%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gloucester	Methuen
1-unit, detached	51.0%	—
1-unit, attached	4.5%	—
2 to 4 units	32.0%	—
5 to 19 units	7.0%	—
20 or more units	5.2%	—
Mobile home & other	0.1%	—

Poverty & households

	Gloucester	Methuen
Poverty rate	10.6%	—
Average household size	2.24	—
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1944	—