MERRIMACK VALLEY REGIONAL HOUSING PLAN: INDICATORS OF HOUSING NEED POPULATION AGE
PEOPLE IN THE REGION THAT REPORT HAVING A PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE, OR MENTAL DISABILITY
The number of adults over 65-years-old is projected to increase and school-age children to decrease.
2000 CENSUS 65+ years
12%
2010 2015 CENSUS ESTIMATE 12%
PERCENT CHANGE IN SINGLE-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS, 2000–2015 -0.5% Lawrence
2035 PROJECTION
13%
0.2% Methuen
23%
4% Haverhill 5% Boxford 6% Newburyport 9% Andover
34–65 years
40%
43%
43%
11%
38%
12% North Andover
more than one in every ten residents in the region reports having a disability
14% Newbury 15% Salisbury 16% Merrimac
20–34 years
18%
17%
15%
18%
20% Amesbury 21% Rowley
5–19 years
23%
under 5 years
7%
22%
21%
6%
26% West Newbury
18%
6%
33% Georgetown
33%
6%
Source: U.S. Decennial Census, 2000 and 2010; UMASS Donahue Institute Age Sex Details, 2013; American Community Survey 2011-2015, S0101
MEDIAN RENTER HOUSEHOLD INCOME
LAWRENCE $34,852
$69,500
METHUEN
$71,392
MERRIMAC AMESBURY NEWBURYPORT ROWLEY
$32,411
SALISBURY
$32,218
GROVELAND
ANDOVER
BOXFORD
$48,438
ANDOVER
$131,167
$53,648
BOXFORD
$39,545
16% 22% 23%
31%
GROVELAND
32%
GEORGETOWN
AMESBURY*
35%
NORTH ANDOVER
NEWBURYPORT*
35%
ROWLEY
LAWRENCE
Georgetown
$1,211
Merrimac
$892
Groveland
$1,233
Amesbury
$925
Andover
$1,341
Boxford
$989
Newbury
$1,491
$1,081
37%
NEWBURYPORT
39%
NEWBURY
42%
WEST NEWBURY
44%
ANDOVER
70%
BOXFORD
* denotes Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area (all others are Lawrence, MA-NH HUD Metro FMR Area) Source: CHAS, ACS 2010-2014
J M Goldson
*Note: This finding is based on the author's limited survey of rental listings in July and August 2017. | Source: ACS 2011-2015
$280,000
$300,000
MERRIMAC
HAVERHILL
$877
$300,000
27%
METHUEN
Methuen
METHUEN
NORTH ANDOVER
SALISBURY*
$1,200
$264,000
SALISBURY
MERRIMAC
Rowley
LAWRENCE
27%
GROVELAND
$810
$262,000
NEWBURY*
ROWLEY*
Haverhill
HAVERHILL
AMESBURY
25%
WEST NEWBURY
$1,097
2016 MEDIAN SALES PRICE FOR ALL UNITS
PERCENT OF ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOME AT OR BELOW 80% AMI
ANDOVER
West Newbury
There were no units that a household with the median renter income could afford in any community in the region during the summer 2017.* Source: ACS 2011-2015
GEORGETOWN
$805
North Andover
Source: ACS 2011-2015
BOXFORD
Salisbury
$43,889
WEST NEWBURY
$140,268
$1,097
$43,252
GEORGETOWN $129,082
WEST NEWBURY
$49,333
NORTH ANDOVER
$107,683
Newburyport
$59,648
GROVELAND
$100,286
GEORGETOWN
$48,125
NEWBURY
$95,208
NORTH ANDOVER
$43,864
ROWLEY
$91,168
$720
$40,083
NEWBURYPORT
$86,820
NEWBURY
$35,690
AMESBURY
$85,556
Lawrence
$35,090
MERRIMAC
$76,558
Maximum rent affordable to renter households with the median rent in each community.
HAVERHILL
METHUEN
$73,986
RENTAL AFFORDABILITY IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY
$28,833
LAWRENCE $60,888
SALISBURY
Source: US Census 2000 and ACS 2011-2015
Source: 2011-2015 ACS 5-year estimates, Table S1810
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME HAVERHILL
76% Groveland
one in three older adults (age 65+) report having a disability
$339,900 $360,000 $390,000 $400,000 $415,000 $455,000 $463,500 $545,000 $551,000 $606,500 Source: The Warren Group
