Gloucester is a city of 30,075 people in Massachusetts. The median age is 50.2, about 11 years above the US median. The typical home is worth $600,600, having roughly tripled since 2000. That trails the Massachusetts median by roughly 19%. Density works out to 1,148 people per square mile. About 40% of adults have finished a four-year degree.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $83,883, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 50.2
US median: 38.9
More educated
40% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 62%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Gloucester
What changed most since 1990
Median age36.5 → 50.2(+13.7 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share98.5% → 88.2%(−10.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share1.0% → 5.3%(+4.2 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Gloucester's population equals 3.7% of Essex County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 2.0% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 5.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)11.7%(154)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.3%(175)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era47%(621)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.6%(34)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II4.9%(65)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,320 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Gloucester, decade by decade
Gloucester population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
28,716
$78,458
$427,452
20.4%
3.7
2000
30,273
$86,933
$370,525
27.5%
9.3
2010
28,789
$87,042
$559,172
33.6%
14.1
2020
29,729
$92,430
$527,479
39.2%
27.2
2024
30,075
$83,883
$600,600
40.3%
27.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
