Peabody

Population & Demographics

Peabody, MA

Peabody is home to 54,695 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 27,954 resident workers commute each day.

MassachusettsCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
54,695
people
Population

54,695 residents

Median age 45.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Peabody population & demographics

Who lives in Peabody — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
54,695
Median age
45.3yrs
Median household income
$96,657
Median home value
$596,200
Median gross rent
$1,950/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.0%
Poverty rate
7.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Peabody

How Peabody breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White72.5%
Hispanic or Latino14.6%
Two or more races4.9%
Black4.3%
Asian2.5%
Some other race1.2%

Race across Peabody

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Peabody.

Peabody at a glance
Employed Residents
27,954
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
13.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Boston
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Peabody proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Peabody commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Peabody

27,954 commutes, one dot at a time

Peabody

Where 27,954 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Peabody, by worker count.

1Boston15.9 mi4,046
2Peabody0.0 mi3,804
3Danvers2.6 mi1,847
4Beverly5.0 mi1,402
5Salem3.5 mi1,249
6Lynn4.2 mi1,194
7Woburn10.3 mi785
8Cambridge13.4 mi666

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Peabody.

1Peabody0.0 mi3,804
2Lynn4.2 mi2,420
3Salem3.5 mi1,145
4Boston15.9 mi909
5Danvers2.6 mi863
6Beverly5.0 mi799
7Saugus5.4 mi526
8Haverhill18.1 mi481

Top industries

The sectors that employ Peabody’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade19.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.5%
MFManufacturing8.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.1%
WSWholesale Trade6.1%
COConstruction5.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.8%
EDEducational Services4.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Peabody

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Peabody

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