Everett vs Woburn

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

Everett and Woburn 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 41,205 in Woburn). Woburn has the higher median household income ($107,754 vs $79,658 in Everett). Woburn has the higher median home value ($641,800 vs $605,200 in Everett).

Population, income & housing

	Everett	Woburn
Population	49,236	41,205
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,658	$107,754
Median home value	$605,200	$641,800
Median gross rent	$1,988	$2,190
Housing units	18,541	16,982
Homeownership rate	36.5%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Everett	Woburn
Population	46,118 → 49,236 (+6.8%)	40,304 → 41,205 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$65,528 → $79,658 (+21.6%)	$91,022 → $107,754 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$405,800 → $605,200 (+49.1%)	$453,900 → $641,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $1,988 (+36.7%)	$1,632 → $2,190 (+34.2%)

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

Woburn

Population

40,30441,205

Median household income

$91,022$107,754

Median home value

$453,900$641,800

Median gross rent

$1,632$2,190

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Everett	Woburn
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.0%
75 and over	4.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Everett	Woburn
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	74.2%
Black or African American	11.6%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.7%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	3.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Everett	Woburn
No high school diploma	20.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	35.0%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Everett	Woburn
Drove alone	50.4%	68.9%
Carpooled	14.4%	9.3%
Public transit	17.4%	3.7%
Walked	4.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.6%	15.1%
Other means	3.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Everett	Woburn
1-unit, detached	19.2%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	51.9%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	9.3%
20 or more units	12.4%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Everett	Woburn
Poverty rate	15.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.84	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1938	1970