Gloucester vs Peabody

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

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

Peabody has the higher population (54,180 vs 29,862 in Gloucester). Peabody has the higher median household income ($95,278 vs $87,898 in Gloucester). Gloucester has the higher median home value ($587,800 vs $566,200 in Peabody).

Population, income & housing

	Gloucester	Peabody
Population	29,862	54,180
Median age	51.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,898	$95,278
Median home value	$587,800	$566,200
Median gross rent	$1,395	$1,902
Housing units	14,630	23,254
Homeownership rate	63.3%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gloucester	Peabody
Population	30,162 → 29,862 (-1.0%)	52,906 → 54,180 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$72,574 → $87,898 (+21.1%)	$73,217 → $95,278 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$425,400 → $587,800 (+38.2%)	$387,400 → $566,200 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,395 (+17.7%)	$1,366 → $1,902 (+39.2%)

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

Peabody

Population

52,90654,180

Median household income

$73,217$95,278

Median home value

$387,400$566,200

Median gross rent

$1,366$1,902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gloucester	Peabody
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	12.0%
75 and over	9.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gloucester	Peabody
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	76.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gloucester	Peabody
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	28.2%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gloucester	Peabody
Drove alone	74.1%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.6%
Public transit	2.5%	2.5%
Walked	4.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.7%	8.8%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gloucester	Peabody
1-unit, detached	51.0%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	32.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Gloucester	Peabody
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1944	1966