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Amesbury city, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
Amesbury city is a Census city of 17,403 people across 12.29 square miles of land, in Essex County. Median household income is $103,554, 68.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 50 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $13.3 m.
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Amesbury
What Amesbury is
- Census place typecity
- Land area12.29 sq mi
- Water area1.44 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,416
- County holding the largest share of its areaEssex County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Amesbury
How many people live in Amesbury
- Population17,403
- Median age43.7
- Population under 183,476
- Share under 1820.0 percent
- Population 65 and over3,170
- Share 65 and over18.2 percent
- Households7,586
- Family households4,564
- Share of households that are families60.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Amesbury
Income and work in Amesbury
- Median household income$103,554
- Per capita income$58,352
- Civilian labor force10,137
- Employed9,767
- Unemployed370 plus or minus 154
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over13,035
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher44.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Amesbury
Housing in Amesbury
- Housing units7,923
- Occupied units7,586
- Vacant units337 plus or minus 169
- Vacancy rate4.3 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Owner occupied5,204
- Renter occupied2,382
- Ownership rate68.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$519,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,683
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent
- Single family units4,606
- Share single family58.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,293
- Share in buildings of two or more41.6 percent
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 23
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Amesbury
How Amesbury gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,825
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,764
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,402
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.5 percent
- Drove alone71.2 percent
- Carpooled6.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home17.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Amesbury
SBA loans in Amesbury (7(a))
- Approvals50
- Gross approval$13,317,700
- Average approval$266,354
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$4,568,000
- Jobs supported372
- Jobs per approval7.4
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full9
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans10.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises2.0 percent
- Distinct lenders17
- Distinct industries by NAICS34
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Amesbury
SBA loans in Amesbury (504)
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$9,884,000
- Average approval$520,211
- Median approval$348,000
- Largest approval$1,750,000
- Jobs supported96
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Essex County, not Amesbury
Essex County context, not Amesbury figures
These are Essex County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Amesbury measurements.
- Establishments in Essex County19,988
- Employment at those establishments, Essex County287,960
- Covered employment, Essex County323,694
- Average annual pay, Essex County$75,548
- Average weekly wage, Essex County$1,453
- Housing units permitted, Essex County1,011
- Of those, single family, Essex County393
- County product, 2024, Essex County$60,732,738,000
- County product change over the prior year, Essex County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Essex County$106,455
Every figure in this section is published for Essex County as a whole and is not a measurement of Amesbury. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Amesbury questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Amesbury, Massachusetts?
17,403, in 7,586 households. Amesbury city covers 12.29 square miles of land, which is 1,416 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Amesbury in?
Essex County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Amesbury?
$103,554. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $519,300. Median gross rent is $1,683 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Amesbury businesses?
50 7(a) approvals totalling $13.3 m, across 17 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 19 504 approvals worth $9.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Amesbury, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Amesbury borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 9 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 10.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Amesbury figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Essex County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Amesbury.
Is zoning published for Amesbury?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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