Chelsea vs Winthrop Town

A side-by-side comparison of Chelsea and Winthrop Town: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chelsea has the higher population (39,460 vs 18,807 in Winthrop Town). Winthrop Town has the higher median household income ($106,357 vs $72,220 in Chelsea). Winthrop Town has the higher median home value ($606,900 vs $476,500 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Winthrop Town
Population	39,460	18,807
Median age	34.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,220	$106,357
Median home value	$476,500	$606,900
Median gross rent	$1,859	$1,909
Housing units	14,178	8,467
Homeownership rate	29.2%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Winthrop Town
Population	39,992 → 39,460 (-1.3%)	18,542 → 18,807 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$56,802 → $72,220 (+27.1%)	$74,069 → $106,357 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$350,800 → $476,500 (+35.8%)	$439,800 → $606,900 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,419 → $1,859 (+31.0%)	$1,415 → $1,909 (+34.9%)

Chelsea

Population

39,99239,460

Median household income

$56,802$72,220

Median home value

$350,800$476,500

Median gross rent

$1,419$1,859

Winthrop Town

Population

18,54218,807

Median household income

$74,069$106,357

Median home value

$439,800$606,900

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Winthrop Town
Under 5	7.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	18.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	11.2%
75 and over	5.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Winthrop Town
White (non-Hispanic)	19.5%	71.3%
Black or African American	6.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	65.0%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Winthrop Town
No high school diploma	30.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	30.8%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Winthrop Town
Drove alone	46.4%	57.0%
Carpooled	15.2%	8.5%
Public transit	20.3%	14.8%
Walked	5.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.6%	15.0%
Other means	2.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Winthrop Town
1-unit, detached	8.8%	31.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	43.7%	37.3%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	11.7%
20 or more units	28.4%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Winthrop Town
Poverty rate	20.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.85	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938