Ipswich vs Rockport

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

Ipswich and Rockport 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 4,795 in Rockport). Ipswich has the higher median household income ($92,969 vs $86,250 in Rockport). Rockport has the higher median home value ($694,300 vs $570,500 in Ipswich).

Population, income & housing

	Ipswich	Rockport
Population	4,806	4,795
Median age	42.3 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,969	$86,250
Median home value	$570,500	$694,300
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,848
Housing units	2,188	3,170
Homeownership rate	58.2%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ipswich	Rockport
Population	4,699 → 4,806 (+2.3%)	5,260 → 4,795 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$65,893 → $92,969 (+41.1%)	$81,765 → $86,250 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$418,100 → $570,500 (+36.5%)	$563,900 → $694,300 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,090 → $1,456 (+33.6%)	$1,352 → $1,848 (+36.7%)

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

Rockport

Population

5,2604,795

Median household income

$81,765$86,250

Median home value

$563,900$694,300

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ipswich	Rockport
Under 5	3.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	6.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.7%
35 to 44	17.4%	5.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	29.1%
75 and over	5.4%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ipswich	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	92.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ipswich	Rockport
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	15.3%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ipswich	Rockport
Drove alone	72.7%	65.8%
Carpooled	2.5%	2.9%
Public transit	2.3%	2.6%
Walked	6.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	23.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ipswich	Rockport
1-unit, detached	41.9%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Ipswich	Rockport
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1938	1951