Marblehead vs Swampscott

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

Marblehead and Swampscott 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 15,209 in Swampscott). Marblehead has the higher median household income ($165,859 vs $128,964 in Swampscott). Marblehead has the higher median home value ($906,200 vs $690,800 in Swampscott).

Population, income & housing

	Marblehead	Swampscott
Population	20,334	15,209
Median age	49.1 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$165,859	$128,964
Median home value	$906,200	$690,800
Median gross rent	$1,769	$2,223
Housing units	8,854	6,631
Homeownership rate	82.8%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	61.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marblehead	Swampscott
Population	20,500 → 20,334 (-0.8%)	15,002 → 15,209 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$123,333 → $165,859 (+34.5%)	$113,407 → $128,964 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$675,400 → $906,200 (+34.2%)	$475,500 → $690,800 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,578 → $1,769 (+12.1%)	$1,916 → $2,223 (+16.0%)

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

Swampscott

Population

15,00215,209

Median household income

$113,407$128,964

Median home value

$475,500$690,800

Median gross rent

$1,916$2,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marblehead	Swampscott
Under 5	3.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	6.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.7%
75 and over	9.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marblehead	Swampscott
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marblehead	Swampscott
No high school diploma	0.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	8.3%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	41.9%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	35.0%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marblehead	Swampscott
Drove alone	53.7%	57.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.3%
Public transit	5.6%	12.4%
Walked	5.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	29.9%	23.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marblehead	Swampscott
1-unit, detached	75.4%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marblehead	Swampscott
Poverty rate	3.8%	7.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1944	1953