Ipswich vs Nahant

A side-by-side comparison of Ipswich and Nahant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ipswich has the higher population (4,806 vs 3,328 in Nahant). Nahant has the higher median household income ($111,004 vs $92,969 in Ipswich). Nahant has the higher median home value ($686,000 vs $570,500 in Ipswich).

Population, income & housing

	Ipswich	Nahant
Population	4,806	3,328
Median age	42.3 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,969	$111,004
Median home value	$570,500	$686,000
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,790
Housing units	2,188	1,810
Homeownership rate	58.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	61.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ipswich	Nahant
Population	4,699 → 4,806 (+2.3%)	3,502 → 3,328 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$65,893 → $92,969 (+41.1%)	$97,778 → $111,004 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$418,100 → $570,500 (+36.5%)	$625,400 → $686,000 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,090 → $1,456 (+33.6%)	$1,473 → $1,790 (+21.5%)

Ipswich

Population

4,6994,806

Median household income

$65,893$92,969

Median home value

$418,100$570,500

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,456

Nahant

Population

3,5023,328

Median household income

$97,778$111,004

Median home value

$625,400$686,000

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ipswich	Nahant
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	6.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.3%
35 to 44	17.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	22.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	21.8%
75 and over	5.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ipswich	Nahant
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	92.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ipswich	Nahant
No high school diploma	3.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	15.3%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ipswich	Nahant
Drove alone	72.7%	69.3%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.6%
Public transit	2.3%	3.4%
Walked	6.3%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	14.9%
Other means	0.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ipswich	Nahant
1-unit, detached	41.9%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ipswich	Nahant
Poverty rate	5.3%	6.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938