Gloucester vs Saugus

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

Gloucester and Saugus 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 28,599 in Saugus). Saugus has the higher median household income ($100,819 vs $87,898 in Gloucester). Saugus has the higher median home value ($589,500 vs $587,800 in Gloucester).

Population, income & housing

	Gloucester	Saugus
Population	29,862	28,599
Median age	51.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,898	$100,819
Median home value	$587,800	$589,500
Median gross rent	$1,395	$1,982
Housing units	14,630	11,259
Homeownership rate	63.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gloucester	Saugus
Population	30,162 → 29,862 (-1.0%)	28,215 → 28,599 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$72,574 → $87,898 (+21.1%)	$88,667 → $100,819 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$425,400 → $587,800 (+38.2%)	$394,900 → $589,500 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,185 → $1,395 (+17.7%)	$919 → $1,982 (+115.7%)

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

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)

	Gloucester	Saugus
Under 5	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	19.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	16.0%	11.9%
75 and over	9.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gloucester	Saugus
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	74.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	3.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gloucester	Saugus
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gloucester	Saugus
Drove alone	74.1%	72.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.9%
Public transit	2.5%	3.5%
Walked	4.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	11.7%
Other means	1.4%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gloucester	Saugus
1-unit, detached	51.0%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	32.0%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Gloucester	Saugus
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1944	1961