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Place dossier plate
SheetMA-EVERETT-MA · Everett, MA 49,236 pop · income 61st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Everett
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Everett on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lawrence · lowest
73,455
Lawrence · lowest
73,455 median HH income
47.3% of the leader · rank #1
Harwood Heigh… · near
79,651
Harwood Heigh… · near
79,651 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #2
Traer · near
79,653
Traer · near
79,653 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #3
Ault · near
79,654
Ault · near
79,654 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #4
Everett · this city
79,658
Everett · this city
79,658 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #5
East Providen… · near
79,660
East Providen… · near
79,660 median HH income
51.3% of the leader · rank #6
Dublin · highest
155,282
Dublin · highest
155,282 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Everett on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 49,236.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Everett - the verdict
Everett ranks in the 61st percentile for household income and the 41st percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
61st
percentile, household income
89th
percentile, home value
98th
percentile, median rent
41st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Everett, MA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 49,236 residents in Everett, a small city within Massachusetts. The typical household in Everett brings in $79,658 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 14.5%. Typical homes in Everett are valued around $605,200, and the median resident age is 35.8 years. Educational attainment runs 23.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 68.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 206 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 506% from five years earlier. Everett reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1662.0 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Massachusetts carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Massachusetts scores 105.8 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,261 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $330 across Massachusetts, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Everett report an average commute of 32.3 minutes, with 50.4% driving alone and 8.6% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 78.8 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Everett's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to reported crime to comparison shortlist to schools and households to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Everett, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, annual population history, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Everett?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 14.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Everett?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1662.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 27% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Everett?
Within Massachusetts, the closest population matches are Barnstable (49,232 residents, $97,348 income); Attleboro (46,499 residents, $93,266 income); Arlington (46,015 residents, $141,440 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Coral Gables, FL (49,243 residents); Bedford, TX (49,191 residents); Lawrence, IN (49,284 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
The NCES join finds 11 public schools within the city match. 23.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Everett growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +4,664 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +9.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 206 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+9.5%
2025 estimate
53,572
2020 estimate
48,908
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the journey to work look like in Everett?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 50.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 32.3 minutes.
Public transit
17.4%
Work from home
8.6%
Drive alone
50.4%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 26,309 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 14.5% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
105.8 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Massachusetts average
F
City profile score · Everett, MA
35/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income C
$79,658
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime F
348 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate F
14.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
105.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Everett profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 59/100 (C) · $79,658
Bachelor's+ share: 44/100 (D) · 23.5%
Violent crime: 26/100 (F) · 348 /100k
Poverty rate: 24/100 (F) · 14.5%
Cost of living: 18/100 (F) · 105.8 index
Where Everett sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Everett's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Everett highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Everett, MA (this city): home $605,200, crime 1,662/100k
Bedford, TX : home $322,300, crime 1,691/100k
Lawrence, IN : home $220,400, crime 2,020/100k
Azusa, CA : home $607,400, crime 1,755/100k
Dublin, OH : home $514,900, crime 1,025/100k
Barnstable, MA : home $559,200, crime 1,196/100k
Attleboro, MA : home $409,100, crime 1,347/100k
Arlington, MA : home $885,000, crime 490/100k
Methuen, MA : home $472,200, crime 972/100k
Peabody, MA : home $566,200, crime 1,092/100k
Salem, MA : home $497,400, crime 1,706/100k
How does Everett compare to other US cities?
Everett measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income61% higher than other cities
Home value89% pricier than other cities
Median rent98% pricier than other cities
Safety41% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Massachusetts, Everett ranks #121 of 149 Massachusetts cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Everett against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Massachusetts only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Massachusetts-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Everett near the bottom of Massachusetts's cities
Among the 247 Massachusetts cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Everett ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Everett only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#165 of 233
29th percentile in Massachusetts
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 247
0th percentile in Massachusetts
Median Home Value
#84 of 240
65th percentile in Massachusetts
Poverty Rate
#19 of 247
92nd percentile in Massachusetts
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#220 of 247
11th percentile in Massachusetts
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Massachusetts only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
61st percentile nationally for median household income · 41st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Everett's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Everett's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Everett's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$605,20011th percentilemore affordable than 11% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Everett's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,904 of 15,516
More affordable than 4% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,170 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 7.6×, Everett sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,904 of 15,516 and #3,170 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$79,658Everett, MA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Everett, MA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Everett, MA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
49,236
Median Income
$79,658
Median Home Value
$605,200
Median Age
35.8
Poverty Rate
14.5%
Labor force participation
68.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1662.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
347.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1314.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
11
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Everett's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
48,908 residents
2021
48,335 residents
2022
48,594 residents
2023
49,021 residents
2024
51,210 residents
2025
53,572 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
206
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
206
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
34
3
31
$4.4M
2020
124
0
124
$22.9M
2021
415
0
415
$77.1M
2022
276
0
276
$51.3M
2023
199
0
199
$37.0M
2024
206
0
206
$38.3M
Permit volume increased 506% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
32.3 minutes
Drive Alone
50.4%
Carpool
14.4%
Public Transit
17.4%
Walk
4.6%
Work from Home
8.6%
Other
4.6%
Based on 26,309 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Massachusetts statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $330
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Massachusetts at $330 (electricity about $160 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are Massachusetts statewide averages, not a meter reading for Everett. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Massachusetts's BEA cost-of-living index is 105.8 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Everett is $2,261/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Massachusetts statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 78.8 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Massachusetts statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Everett sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Everett compares to similar-size Massachusetts cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.