Newburyport vs Swampscott

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

Newburyport and Swampscott 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 15,209 in Swampscott). Newburyport has the higher median household income ($144,259 vs $128,964 in Swampscott). Newburyport has the higher median home value ($792,400 vs $690,800 in Swampscott).

Population, income & housing

	Newburyport	Swampscott
Population	18,444	15,209
Median age	47.3 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$144,259	$128,964
Median home value	$792,400	$690,800
Median gross rent	$1,511	$2,223
Housing units	8,298	6,631
Homeownership rate	76.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.9%	61.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newburyport	Swampscott
Population	18,077 → 18,444 (+2.0%)	15,002 → 15,209 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$109,839 → $144,259 (+31.3%)	$113,407 → $128,964 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$548,400 → $792,400 (+44.5%)	$475,500 → $690,800 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,511 (+12.9%)	$1,916 → $2,223 (+16.0%)

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

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)

	Newburyport	Swampscott
Under 5	3.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	18.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.7%
75 and over	9.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newburyport	Swampscott
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newburyport	Swampscott
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	11.9%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.4%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newburyport	Swampscott
Drove alone	63.1%	57.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.3%
Public transit	3.0%	12.4%
Walked	4.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.6%	23.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newburyport	Swampscott
1-unit, detached	55.1%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	7.8%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newburyport	Swampscott
Poverty rate	5.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1952	1953