Lynn vs Peabody

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

Lynn and Peabody 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 54,180 in Peabody). Peabody has the higher median household income ($95,278 vs $74,715 in Lynn). Peabody has the higher median home value ($566,200 vs $472,600 in Lynn).

Population, income & housing

	Lynn	Peabody
Population	100,905	54,180
Median age	36.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,715	$95,278
Median home value	$472,600	$566,200
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,902
Housing units	37,849	23,254
Homeownership rate	50.4%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynn	Peabody
Population	93,743 → 100,905 (+7.6%)	52,906 → 54,180 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$56,181 → $74,715 (+33.0%)	$73,217 → $95,278 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$323,100 → $472,600 (+46.3%)	$387,400 → $566,200 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,189 → $1,612 (+35.6%)	$1,366 → $1,902 (+39.2%)

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

Peabody

Population

52,90654,180

Median household income

$73,217$95,278

Median home value

$387,400$566,200

Median gross rent

$1,366$1,902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynn	Peabody
Under 5	6.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.0%
75 and over	5.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynn	Peabody
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	76.7%
Black or African American	10.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynn	Peabody
No high school diploma	21.6%	9.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynn	Peabody
Drove alone	67.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.6%
Public transit	7.3%	2.5%
Walked	2.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.8%
Other means	4.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynn	Peabody
1-unit, detached	37.3%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	30.7%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	11.0%
20 or more units	17.6%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Lynn	Peabody
Poverty rate	13.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1945	1966