Everett vs Marlborough

A side-by-side comparison of Everett and Marlborough: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Everett has the higher population (49,236 vs 41,398 in Marlborough). Marlborough has the higher median household income ($95,047 vs $79,658 in Everett). Everett has the higher median home value ($605,200 vs $485,400 in Marlborough).

Population, income & housing

	Everett	Marlborough
Population	49,236	41,398
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,658	$95,047
Median home value	$605,200	$485,400
Median gross rent	$1,988	$1,721
Housing units	18,541	17,370
Homeownership rate	36.5%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Everett	Marlborough
Population	46,118 → 49,236 (+6.8%)	39,736 → 41,398 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$65,528 → $79,658 (+21.6%)	$80,943 → $95,047 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$405,800 → $605,200 (+49.1%)	$348,500 → $485,400 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $1,988 (+36.7%)	$1,482 → $1,721 (+16.1%)

Everett

Population

46,11849,236

Median household income

$65,528$79,658

Median home value

$405,800$605,200

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,988

Marlborough

Population

39,73641,398

Median household income

$80,943$95,047

Median home value

$348,500$485,400

Median gross rent

$1,482$1,721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Everett	Marlborough
Under 5	6.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.8%	16.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.0%
75 and over	4.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Everett	Marlborough
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	58.6%
Black or African American	11.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.7%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	3.9%
Two or more races	8.2%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Everett	Marlborough
No high school diploma	20.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	35.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Everett	Marlborough
Drove alone	50.4%	66.6%
Carpooled	14.4%	10.7%
Public transit	17.4%	0.7%
Walked	4.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.6%	16.1%
Other means	3.7%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Everett	Marlborough
1-unit, detached	19.2%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	51.9%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	13.3%
20 or more units	12.4%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Everett	Marlborough
Poverty rate	15.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.84	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1938	1971