City safety & data profile

LynnMA

Lynn, MA is a 92K-resident city in Essex County with a median household income of $75,043.

Essex County, Massachusetts. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Lynn, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Lynn has a population larger than 91% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $510,100.

Data updated 2026-09-05

92K
Population (place)
Top 9%
By size
$75,043
Median income (place)
$510,100
Median home (place)
13.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Lynn

Lynn posts a median household income higher than 43% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 44%
by median income, US cities

Where Lynn income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$75,043 Bottom 43% higher than 43% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Lynn $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MA

Population among 78 MA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Boston is the largest MA city on this list; Wellesley leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MA

Median household income among the same 78-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Wellesley posts the highest place-level median income in MA; Boston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Lynn, MA beyond the headline numbers

Lynn sits inside Essex County, Massachusetts, at roughly 42.47°N, -70.95°W. Population 92,457, $75,043 median household income. Median home value $510,100, median rent $1,722. Poverty rate 13.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Lynn, MA stands at 13.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Lynn costs around 6.8 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Only 7.9% of Lynn workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12% in Lynn, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

8.7% of Lynn workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Lynn from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
92,457
Lynn · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$75,043
-16% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$510,100
+23% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Essex County): Lynn's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
813K+8%
Median Income
$101,883+51%
Median Home Value
$619,100+77%
Poverty Rate
9.4%-16%
Unemployment
5.1%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Lynn, MA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,722/mo
Poverty Rate
13.8% +11% vs avg
Unemployment 5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 24.1%
Work From Home 7.9%
Public Transit 8.7%

Population

White 39%
African American 11.5%
Asian 6.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40%
Obesity
33.8%
High Blood Pressure
32.3%
Physical Inactivity
32%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.4%
Binge Drinking
14.8%
Current Smoking
14.6%
Diabetes
12.3%
Current Asthma
12%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.6%
Annual Checkup 78.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
11.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.3%
Stroke
3.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Lynn?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Lynn right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet MA-LYNN · Lynn

Lynn: 28 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 28 on record
  • WX-LED 96% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Lynn

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 28 tagged notices on record for Lynn.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ8)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Lynn; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Massachusetts state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (28 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Lynn, MA? ▼
Lynn, MA has a population of 92,457 people, located in Essex County, Massachusetts.
What is the median household income in Lynn? ▼
The median household income in Lynn, MA is $75,043 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.8%.
What is the median home value in Lynn? ▼
The median home value in Lynn, MA is $510,100. Median rent is $1,722/month.
What are the top health concerns in Lynn? ▼
The top health indicators in Lynn include Short Sleep Duration (40%), Obesity (33.8%), High Blood Pressure (32.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Lynn? ▼
The median age in Lynn, MA is 36.5 years. 24.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Lynn, both outside Massachusetts so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MA (13.8% here).

Spokane, WA 13.8% Yonkers, NY 13.8% Bremerton, WA 13.8% Carlsbad, NM 13.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MA ($75,043 here).

Hurricane, UT $75,016 Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 Ennis, TX $75,074 Midvale, UT $75,084

Compare Lynn with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Swampscott, MA 14K South Peabody, MA 50K Saugus, MA 27K Peabody, MA 53K Salem, MA 43K Revere, MA 53K Suffolk Downs Station, MA 15K Orient Heights, MA 16K
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Using Lynn's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Lynn area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Lynn against Massachusetts peers on any ranking lens. Explore Massachusetts

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Essex County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.