Marblehead vs Newburyport

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

Marblehead and Newburyport 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 18,444 in Newburyport). Marblehead has the higher median household income ($165,859 vs $144,259 in Newburyport). Marblehead has the higher median home value ($906,200 vs $792,400 in Newburyport).

Population, income & housing

	Marblehead	Newburyport
Population	20,334	18,444
Median age	49.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$165,859	$144,259
Median home value	$906,200	$792,400
Median gross rent	$1,769	$1,511
Housing units	8,854	8,298
Homeownership rate	82.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marblehead	Newburyport
Population	20,500 → 20,334 (-0.8%)	18,077 → 18,444 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$123,333 → $165,859 (+34.5%)	$109,839 → $144,259 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$675,400 → $906,200 (+34.2%)	$548,400 → $792,400 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,578 → $1,769 (+12.1%)	$1,338 → $1,511 (+12.9%)

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

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)

	Marblehead	Newburyport
Under 5	3.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	13.1%
75 and over	9.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marblehead	Newburyport
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marblehead	Newburyport
No high school diploma	0.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	8.3%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	41.9%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.0%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marblehead	Newburyport
Drove alone	53.7%	63.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.9%
Public transit	5.6%	3.0%
Walked	5.1%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.5%
Worked from home	29.9%	23.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marblehead	Newburyport
1-unit, detached	75.4%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marblehead	Newburyport
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1944	1952