Haverhill vs Lynn

A side-by-side comparison of Haverhill and Lynn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lynn has the higher population (100,905 vs 67,387 in Haverhill). Haverhill has the higher median household income ($87,675 vs $74,715 in Lynn). Lynn has the higher median home value ($472,600 vs $426,900 in Haverhill).

Population, income & housing

	Haverhill	Lynn
Population	67,387	100,905
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,675	$74,715
Median home value	$426,900	$472,600
Median gross rent	$1,620	$1,612
Housing units	27,596	37,849
Homeownership rate	61.3%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haverhill	Lynn
Population	63,533 → 67,387 (+6.1%)	93,743 → 100,905 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$69,426 → $87,675 (+26.3%)	$56,181 → $74,715 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$300,600 → $426,900 (+42.0%)	$323,100 → $472,600 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,620 (+34.1%)	$1,189 → $1,612 (+35.6%)

Haverhill

Population

63,53367,387

Median household income

$69,426$87,675

Median home value

$300,600$426,900

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,620

Lynn

Population

93,743100,905

Median household income

$56,181$74,715

Median home value

$323,100$472,600

Median gross rent

$1,189$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haverhill	Lynn
Under 5	5.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.8%
75 and over	6.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haverhill	Lynn
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	36.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	42.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haverhill	Lynn
No high school diploma	9.5%	21.6%
High school graduate	30.2%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haverhill	Lynn
Drove alone	77.0%	67.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.7%
Public transit	1.7%	7.3%
Walked	1.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	7.6%
Other means	1.4%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haverhill	Lynn
1-unit, detached	41.6%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	30.7%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	10.6%
20 or more units	10.6%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Haverhill	Lynn
Poverty rate	10.6%	13.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1964	1945