Haverhill vs Methuen

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

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

Haverhill has the higher population (67,387 vs 53,043 in Methuen). Methuen has the higher median household income ($103,270 vs $87,675 in Haverhill). Methuen has the higher median home value ($472,200 vs $426,900 in Haverhill).

Population, income & housing

	Haverhill	Methuen
Population	67,387	53,043
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,675	$103,270
Median home value	$426,900	$472,200
Median gross rent	$1,620	$1,610
Housing units	27,596	19,511
Homeownership rate	61.3%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haverhill	Methuen
Population	63,533 → 67,387 (+6.1%)	—
Median household income	$69,426 → $87,675 (+26.3%)	—
Median home value	$300,600 → $426,900 (+42.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,620 (+34.1%)	—

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

Methuen

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haverhill	Methuen
Under 5	5.5%	—
5 to 17	15.9%	—
18 to 24	8.9%	—
25 to 34	14.7%	—
35 to 44	12.1%	—
45 to 54	13.0%	—
55 to 64	14.5%	—
65 to 74	9.2%	—
75 and over	6.2%	—

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haverhill	Methuen
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	—
Black or African American	2.6%	—
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	—
Asian	1.3%	—
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	—
Some other race	0.7%	—
Two or more races	4.4%	—
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	—

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haverhill	Methuen
No high school diploma	9.5%	—
High school graduate	30.2%	—
Some college or associate's	28.7%	—
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	—
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	—

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haverhill	Methuen
Drove alone	77.0%	—
Carpooled	6.6%	—
Public transit	1.7%	—
Walked	1.6%	—
Bicycle	0.2%	—
Worked from home	11.6%	—
Other means	1.4%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haverhill	Methuen
1-unit, detached	41.6%	—
1-unit, attached	11.7%	—
2 to 4 units	25.1%	—
5 to 19 units	10.9%	—
20 or more units	10.6%	—
Mobile home & other	0.1%	—

Poverty & households

	Haverhill	Methuen
Poverty rate	10.6%	—
Average household size	2.52	—
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1964	—