Chelsea, Massachusetts Neighborhood Info

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Chelsea, Massachusetts QuickFacts

	Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
Total population	35,080	281,421,906
State	Massachusetts
City	chelsea

Chelsea, Massachusetts Population

	Chelsea, Massachusetts	%, Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
Male	17,617	50.22%	49.06%
Female	17,463	49.78%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.3		35.3

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	Chelsea, Massachusetts	%, Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
18 years and over	25,512	72.73%	74.31%
21 years and over	24,062	68.59%	69.97%
62 years and over	4,526	12.9%	14.66%
65 years and over	3,933	11.21%	12.43%

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	Chelsea, Massachusetts	%, Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
White	20,328	57.95%	75.14%
Black or African American	2,544	7.25%	12.32%
Asian	1,647	4.69%	3.64%
Some other race	8,251	23.52%	5.46%
Two or more races	2,310	6.58%	2.43%

Chelsea, Massachusetts Housing

	Chelsea, Massachusetts	%, Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
Total households	11,888		105,480,101
Family households (families)	7,614	64.05%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	4,274	35.95%	31.94%

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	Chelsea, Massachusetts	%, Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
Total housing units	12,337		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	449	3.64%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	11,888	96.36%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	3,440	27.88%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	8,448	68.48%	30.77%

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	Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	14	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	168	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	352	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	249	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	216	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	44	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	14	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	149,200	119,600

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	Chelsea, Massachusetts	%, Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	2,511	21.12%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	4,140	34.83%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	2,053	17.27%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	1,522	12.8%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	650	5.47%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	1,012	8.51%	9.65%

Chelsea, Massachusetts Education

	Chelsea, Massachusetts	%, Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,727		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	587	6.03%	6.47%
Kindergarten	699	7.19%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,564	46.92%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	2,140	22.0%	21.38%
College or graduate school	1,737	17.86%	22.81%

Chelsea, Massachusetts Economy

	Chelsea, Massachusetts	%, Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
Population 16 years and over	26,394		217,168,077
In labor force	14,212	53.85%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	14,212	53.85%	63.39%
- - Employed	13,173	49.91%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	1,039	3.94%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	12,182	46.15%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	13,085	49.58%	51.66%
In labor force	6,452	24.44%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	6,452	24.44%	29.65%
- - Employed	5,887	22.3%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	3,102	11.75%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,695		12,787,501

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	Chelsea, Massachusetts	%, Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	11,908		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	2,255	18.94%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	994	8.35%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,772	14.88%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,617	13.58%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,815	15.24%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,849	15.53%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	816	6.85%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	589	4.95%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	95	0.8%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	106	0.89%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	30,161		41,994

	Chelsea, Massachusetts	%, Chelsea, Massachusetts	United States
With earnings	8,519	32.28%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	46,963		56,604
With Social Security income	2,882	10.92%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,433		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	1,455	5.51%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,953		6,320
With public assistance income	864	3.27%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	4,274		3,032
With retirement income	1,476	5.59%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,300		17,376

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