Marblehead vs Saugus

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

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

Saugus has the higher population (28,599 vs 20,334 in Marblehead). Marblehead has the higher median household income ($165,859 vs $100,819 in Saugus). Marblehead has the higher median home value ($906,200 vs $589,500 in Saugus).

Population, income & housing

	Marblehead	Saugus
Population	20,334	28,599
Median age	49.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$165,859	$100,819
Median home value	$906,200	$589,500
Median gross rent	$1,769	$1,982
Housing units	8,854	11,259
Homeownership rate	82.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marblehead	Saugus
Population	20,500 → 20,334 (-0.8%)	28,215 → 28,599 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$123,333 → $165,859 (+34.5%)	$88,667 → $100,819 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$675,400 → $906,200 (+34.2%)	$394,900 → $589,500 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,578 → $1,769 (+12.1%)	$919 → $1,982 (+115.7%)

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

Saugus

Population

28,21528,599

Median household income

$88,667$100,819

Median home value

$394,900$589,500

Median gross rent

$919$1,982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marblehead	Saugus
Under 5	3.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	11.9%
75 and over	9.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marblehead	Saugus
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	3.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marblehead	Saugus
No high school diploma	0.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	8.3%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	35.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marblehead	Saugus
Drove alone	53.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.9%
Public transit	5.6%	3.5%
Walked	5.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.9%	11.7%
Other means	0.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marblehead	Saugus
1-unit, detached	75.4%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Marblehead	Saugus
Poverty rate	3.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1944	1961