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Swampscott, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $700,584 (it was $266,000 in 2000)
Swampscott:

$700,584
Massachusetts:

$534,700
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $488,099 - $897,358

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $881,421
Here:

$881,421
State:

$651,570

Townhouses or other attached units: $586,082
Here:

$586,082
State:

$617,749

In 2-unit structures: $539,157
Here:

$539,157
State:

$594,808

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $399,230
Here:

$399,230
State:

$601,912

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $336,487
Here:

$336,487
State:

$555,768

Total population: 13,787 (All urban)

Houses: 6,479 (6,339 occupied: 4,649 owner occupied, 1,708 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

27%
State:

38%

Housing density: 2,125 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $495,592.

Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,646, upper quartile is over $2,000)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $4,318


Median gross rent in Swampscott, MA in 2022: over $2,000

Housing units in Swampscott with a mortgage: 3,586 (568 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 537 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $156,282

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $86,522

Median monthly housing costs: $2,577

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Swampscott, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1950

Median year apartment built: 1972

Household type by relationship:

Households: 15,137
  • Male householders: 2,852 (537 living alone), Female householders: 3,430 (1,155 living alone)
  • 3,543 spouses (3,486 opposite-sex spouses), 358 unmarried partners, (321 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 4,102 children (3,928 natural, 110 adopted, 64 stepchildren), 127 grandchildren, 133 brothers or sisters, 172 parents, 5 foster children, 113 other relatives, 168 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 131

Size of family households: 1,852 2-persons, 1,080 3-persons, 887 4-persons, 307 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,824 1-person, 322 2-persons, 7 4-persons.

2,475 married couples with children.
287 single-parent households (48 men, 239 women).

75.0% of residents of Swampscott speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
19.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (41% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 3,196 (21.1%)
(85.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

7.3
State:

6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.1
State:

4.0

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • 0no bedroom
  • 1511 bedroom
  • 7852 bedrooms
  • 1,9783 bedrooms
  • 1,3114 bedrooms
  • 4245+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • 35no bedroom
  • 6131 bedroom
  • 8712 bedrooms
  • 1273 bedrooms
  • 474 bedrooms
  • 165+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Swampscott in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Swampscott in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 84no vehicle
  • 1,3201 vehicle
  • 2,3112 vehicles
  • 7483 vehicles
  • 1244 vehicles
  • 635+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Swampscott in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Swampscott in renter-occupied apartments
  • 390no vehicle
  • 7471 vehicle
  • 5472 vehicles
  • 63 vehicles
  • 04 vehicles
  • 185+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • 01 room
  • 182 rooms
  • 1173 rooms
  • 2044 rooms
  • 4595 rooms
  • 8096 rooms
  • 9417 rooms
  • 1,2048 rooms
  • 8979+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • 171 room
  • 1932 rooms
  • 3743 rooms
  • 5874 rooms
  • 3125 rooms
  • 1306 rooms
  • 797 rooms
  • 08 rooms
  • 169+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Swampscott, MA
  • Swampscott, MA household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Swampscott, MA in 2022
  • 335Less than $10,000
  • 258$10,000 to $19,999
  • 582$20,000 to $29,999
  • 252$30,000 to $39,999
  • 134$40,000 to $49,999
  • 219$50,000 to $59,999
  • 460$60,000 to $74,999
  • 541$75,000 to $99,999
  • 575$100,000 to $124,999
  • 525$125,000 to $149,999
  • 920$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,570$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Swampscott, MA

  • Distribution of house value in Swampscott, MA in 2022
  • 21Less than $10,000
  • 15$15,000 to $19,999
  • 27$25,000 to $29,999
  • 20$60,000 to $69,999
  • 27$80,000 to $89,999
  • 31$200,000 to $249,999
  • 97$250,000 to $299,999
  • 469$300,000 to $399,999
  • 453$400,000 to $499,999
  • 1,851$500,000 to $749,999
  • 1,340$750,000 to $999,999
  • 284$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 144$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
  • 157$2,000,000 or more
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Swampscott, MA

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Swampscott, MA in 2022
  • 30$150 to $199
  • 19$250 to $299
  • 6$450 to $499
  • 17$500 to $549
  • 6$550 to $599
  • 52$600 to $649
  • 13$800 to $899
  • 82$1,000 to $1,249
  • 140$1,250 to $1,499
  • 551$1,500 to $1,999
  • 447$2,000 to $2,499
  • 416$2,500 to $2,999
  • 11$3,000 to $3,499
  • 26$3,500 or more
  • 65No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 63.0%
Number of people working at home: 2,172 (26.3% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 207
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 324
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 565
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 672
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 665
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 392
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 572
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 275
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 370
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 627
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 1,291
  • 90 or more minutes: 193
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Swampscott

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 2,326 (47.2%)
  • Carpooled: 250 (5.1%)
  • Bus: 58 (1.2%)
  • Subway or elevated rail: 15 (0.3%)
  • Taxi: 229 (4.6%)
  • Bicycle: 23 (0.5%)
  • Walked: 179 (3.6%)
  • Worked at home: 2,172 (44.0%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 6.0%Males
  • 1.1%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 100.0%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 7.5%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Swampscott, Massachusetts
  • 3802010 or later
  • 1,0902000 to 2009
  • 8741990 to 1999
  • 2681980 to 1989
  • 971970 to 1979
  • 314Before 1970
Ancestries in Swampscott, MA

First ancestries reported:

  • Irish: 558 (8.8%)
  • Russian: 482 (7.6%)
  • Italian: 465 (7.4%)
  • Armenian: 428 (6.8%)
  • Moroccan: 370 (5.9%)
  • English: 314 (5.0%)
  • American: 213 (3.4%)
  • Portuguese: 167 (2.6%)
  • Greek: 164 (2.6%)
  • French Canadian: 153 (2.4%)
  • French: 143 (2.3%)
  • Serbian: 143 (2.3%)
  • Albanian: 135 (2.1%)
  • Polish: 128 (2.0%)
  • Romanian: 122 (1.9%)
  • Ukrainian: 119 (1.9%)
  • Haitian: 119 (1.9%)
  • Scottish: 102 (1.6%)
  • Eastern European: 85 (1.3%)
  • Brazilian: 63 (1.0%)
  • Canadian: 53 (0.8%)
  • European: 52 (0.8%)
  • German: 47 (0.7%)
  • Swedish: 47 (0.7%)
  • Czech: 44 (0.7%)
  • Lithuanian: 31 (0.5%)
  • African: 29 (0.5%)
  • Iranian: 25 (0.4%)
  • Palestinian: 15 (0.2%)
  • Dutch: 12 (0.2%)
  • Yugoslavian: 11 (0.2%)
  • Lebanese: 11 (0.2%)
  • Turkish: 6 (0.10%)
  • Hungarian: 4 (0.06%)
  • British: 2 (0.03%)
  • Cape Verdean: 1 (0.02%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Russia
Swampscott:

16.2% (501)
Massachusetts:

1.5% (18,278)

Armenia
Swampscott:

15.3% (474)
Massachusetts:

0.2% (2,307)

Brazil
Swampscott:

7.5% (232)
Massachusetts:

7.6% (92,959)

Albania
Swampscott:

4.7% (146)
Massachusetts:

1.1% (13,076)

Morocco
Swampscott:

4.4% (135)
Massachusetts:

0.7% (8,562)

Ukraine
Swampscott:

4.1% (127)
Massachusetts:

0.9% (10,808)

Greece
Swampscott:

3.7% (114)
Massachusetts:

0.8% (10,043)

Other Eastern Europe
Swampscott:

3.7% (113)
Massachusetts:

0.3% (4,128)

Serbia
Swampscott:

3.2% (98)
Massachusetts:

0.1% (1,277)

Bangladesh
Swampscott:

3.1% (97)
Massachusetts:

0.4% (4,660)

El Salvador
Swampscott:

2.8% (85)
Massachusetts:

3.7% (45,667)

Canada
Swampscott:

2.7% (82)
Massachusetts:

2.3% (28,158)

Guatemala
Swampscott:

2.5% (76)
Massachusetts:

2.7% (32,733)

Moldova
Swampscott:

2.2% (68)
Massachusetts:

0.2% (2,537)

Haiti
Swampscott:

2.1% (64)
Massachusetts:

4.9% (60,432)

Latvia
Swampscott:

2.0% (62)
Massachusetts:

0.1% (1,002)

Israel
Swampscott:

1.9% (58)
Massachusetts:

0.5% (6,073)

Japan
Swampscott:

1.6% (48)
Massachusetts:

0.6% (7,301)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 8,139
  • Other state: 3,649
  • Northeast: 2,190
  • Midwest: 559
  • South: 484
  • West: 418

89.9% of Swampscott residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36.9% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 83.2% lived in Massachusetts.


Swampscott:

89.9%
State average:

87.7%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 36
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 16
  • 7th and 8th grade: 0
  • 9th grade: 119
  • 10th grade: 26
  • 11th grade: 0
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 43
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 660
  • Less than 1 year of college: 317
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 287
  • Associate degree: 406
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,631
  • Master's degree: 1,004
  • Professional school degree: 406
  • Doctorate degree: 207
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 40
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 44
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 12
  • 9th grade: 19
  • 10th grade: 6
  • 11th grade: 0
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 41
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 811
  • Less than 1 year of college: 164
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 668
  • Associate degree: 308
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,697
  • Master's degree: 1,323
  • Professional school degree: 583
  • Doctorate degree: 247
Educational Attainment for Females
Swampscott marital status for males
Swampscott marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 3,553
  • One, attached: 310
  • Two: 1,075
  • 3 or 4: 309
  • 5 to 9: 198
  • 10 to 19: 85
  • 20 to 49: 362
  • 50 or more: 583
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.4%

House/condo owner moved in on average 12 years ago

Renter moved in on average 1 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Swampscott
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Swampscott, MA
  • 66.8%Utility gas
  • 16.8%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 9.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 7.2%Electricity
  • 0.1%Solar energy
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Swampscott, MA
  • 48.0%Utility gas
  • 40.0%Electricity
  • 10.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 1.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 221
Here:

15.9%
Massachusetts:

10.3%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 77
Here:

13.3%
Massachusetts:

12.3%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 195
Here:

52.6%
Massachusetts:

51.2%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability