Newburyport vs Saugus

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

Newburyport 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 18,444 in Newburyport). Newburyport has the higher median household income ($144,259 vs $100,819 in Saugus). Newburyport has the higher median home value ($792,400 vs $589,500 in Saugus).

Population, income & housing

	Newburyport	Saugus
Population	18,444	28,599
Median age	47.3 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$144,259	$100,819
Median home value	$792,400	$589,500
Median gross rent	$1,511	$1,982
Housing units	8,298	11,259
Homeownership rate	76.2%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newburyport	Saugus
Population	18,077 → 18,444 (+2.0%)	28,215 → 28,599 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$109,839 → $144,259 (+31.3%)	$88,667 → $100,819 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$548,400 → $792,400 (+44.5%)	$394,900 → $589,500 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,511 (+12.9%)	$919 → $1,982 (+115.7%)

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

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)

	Newburyport	Saugus
Under 5	3.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.9%
75 and over	9.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newburyport	Saugus
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	3.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newburyport	Saugus
No high school diploma	2.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	11.9%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	28.4%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newburyport	Saugus
Drove alone	63.1%	72.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.9%
Public transit	3.0%	3.5%
Walked	4.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.6%	11.7%
Other means	1.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newburyport	Saugus
1-unit, detached	55.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.9%
20 or more units	7.8%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Newburyport	Saugus
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1952	1961