Gloucester vs Newburyport

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

Gloucester and Newburyport 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 18,444 in Newburyport). Newburyport has the higher median household income ($144,259 vs $87,898 in Gloucester). Newburyport has the higher median home value ($792,400 vs $587,800 in Gloucester).

Population, income & housing

	Gloucester	Newburyport
Population	29,862	18,444
Median age	51.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,898	$144,259
Median home value	$587,800	$792,400
Median gross rent	$1,395	$1,511
Housing units	14,630	8,298
Homeownership rate	63.3%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gloucester	Newburyport
Population	30,162 → 29,862 (-1.0%)	18,077 → 18,444 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$72,574 → $87,898 (+21.1%)	$109,839 → $144,259 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$425,400 → $587,800 (+38.2%)	$548,400 → $792,400 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,395 (+17.7%)	$1,338 → $1,511 (+12.9%)

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

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)

	Gloucester	Newburyport
Under 5	5.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	19.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	16.0%	13.1%
75 and over	9.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gloucester	Newburyport
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gloucester	Newburyport
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	28.2%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gloucester	Newburyport
Drove alone	74.1%	63.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.9%
Public transit	2.5%	3.0%
Walked	4.8%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.7%	23.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gloucester	Newburyport
1-unit, detached	51.0%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	32.0%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	5.2%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gloucester	Newburyport
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1944	1952