Marblehead is home to 20,413 people in Massachusetts. This is an unusually credentialed place: 78% of adults have a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $943,900, having roughly tripled since 2000. The median age is 49.1, about 10 years above the US median. Households here earn about 75% more than in Massachusetts as a whole. Households take in $182,132 a year at the median, 121% more than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $182,132, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 49.1
US median: 38.9
More educated
78% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 54%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Marblehead
What changed most since 1990
White share98.1% → 93.0%(−5.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants71.8% → 85.2%(+13.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree53.7% → 78.3%(+24.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Marblehead's population equals 2.5% of Essex County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.9% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.0% 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)13.1%(81)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.1%(87)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era51.1%(316)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.4%(46)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.9%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 619 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
Marblehead, decade by decade
Marblehead 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
19,971
$128,003
$611,298
53.7%
4.7
2000
20,377
$134,744
$612,805
61.5%
7.6
2010
19,808
$139,681
$860,697
67.9%
12.1
2020
20,441
$159,132
$855,215
73.4%
21.8
2024
20,413
$182,132
$943,900
78.3%
16.6
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.
