Lynnfield vs Newburyport

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

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

Newburyport has the higher population (18,444 vs 12,964 in Lynnfield). Lynnfield has the higher median household income ($172,484 vs $144,259 in Newburyport). Lynnfield has the higher median home value ($904,200 vs $792,400 in Newburyport).

Population, income & housing

	Lynnfield	Newburyport
Population	12,964	18,444
Median age	41.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$172,484	$144,259
Median home value	$904,200	$792,400
Median gross rent	$2,333	$1,511
Housing units	4,788	8,298
Homeownership rate	86.5%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynnfield	Newburyport
Population	12,894 → 12,964 (+0.5%)	18,077 → 18,444 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$128,641 → $172,484 (+34.1%)	$109,839 → $144,259 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$670,700 → $904,200 (+34.8%)	$548,400 → $792,400 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $2,333 (+39.8%)	$1,338 → $1,511 (+12.9%)

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

Newburyport

Population

18,07718,444

Median household income

$109,839$144,259

Median home value

$548,400$792,400

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,511

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynnfield	Newburyport
Under 5	6.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	18.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.1%
75 and over	8.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynnfield	Newburyport
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynnfield	Newburyport
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	17.2%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynnfield	Newburyport
Drove alone	68.4%	63.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.9%
Public transit	1.5%	3.0%
Walked	0.2%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	24.9%	23.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynnfield	Newburyport
1-unit, detached	80.9%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	8.4%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lynnfield	Newburyport
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1965	1952