Lynnfield vs Marblehead

A side-by-side comparison of Lynnfield and Marblehead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marblehead has the higher population (20,334 vs 12,964 in Lynnfield). Lynnfield has the higher median household income ($172,484 vs $165,859 in Marblehead). Marblehead has the higher median home value ($906,200 vs $904,200 in Lynnfield).

Population, income & housing

	Lynnfield	Marblehead
Population	12,964	20,334
Median age	41.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$172,484	$165,859
Median home value	$904,200	$906,200
Median gross rent	$2,333	$1,769
Housing units	4,788	8,854
Homeownership rate	86.5%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	76.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynnfield	Marblehead
Population	12,894 → 12,964 (+0.5%)	20,500 → 20,334 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$128,641 → $172,484 (+34.1%)	$123,333 → $165,859 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$670,700 → $904,200 (+34.8%)	$675,400 → $906,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $2,333 (+39.8%)	$1,578 → $1,769 (+12.1%)

Lynnfield

Population

12,89412,964

Median household income

$128,641$172,484

Median home value

$670,700$904,200

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,333

Marblehead

Population

20,50020,334

Median household income

$123,333$165,859

Median home value

$675,400$906,200

Median gross rent

$1,578$1,769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynnfield	Marblehead
Under 5	6.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	6.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.2%
75 and over	8.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynnfield	Marblehead
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	8.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynnfield	Marblehead
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.9%
High school graduate	17.2%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	41.9%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	35.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynnfield	Marblehead
Drove alone	68.4%	53.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.2%
Public transit	1.5%	5.6%
Walked	0.2%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	24.9%	29.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynnfield	Marblehead
1-unit, detached	80.9%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lynnfield	Marblehead
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.8%
Average household size	2.80	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1965	1944