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Boxford CDP, Massachusetts: commercial real estate data.
Boxford CDP is a Census CDP of 2,284 people across 5.36 square miles of land, in Essex County. Median household income is $188,482, 90.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 14 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Boxford
What Boxford is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.36 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land426 plus or minus 108
- 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.
Boxford
How many people live in Boxford
- Population2,284 plus or minus 580
- Median age49.2
- Population under 18643 plus or minus 273
- Share under 1828.2 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Population 65 and over500 plus or minus 242
- Share 65 and over21.9 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Households781 plus or minus 180
- Family households626 plus or minus 170
- Share of households that are families80.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boxford
Income and work in Boxford
- Median household income$188,482 plus or minus $43,110
- Per capita income$90,126 plus or minus $24,696
- Civilian labor force1,031 plus or minus 249
- Employed996 plus or minus 240
- Unemployed35 plus or minus 33
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over1,596 plus or minus 349
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher67.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree28.9 percent plus or minus 8.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boxford
Housing in Boxford
- Housing units849 plus or minus 175
- Occupied units781 plus or minus 180
- Vacant units68 plus or minus 70
- Vacancy rate8.0 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Owner occupied704 plus or minus 166
- Renter occupied77 plus or minus 105
- Ownership rate90.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$979,100 plus or minus $237,290
- Single family units820 plus or minus 184
- Share single family96.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more29 plus or minus 40
- Share in buildings of two or more3.4 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boxford
How Boxford gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute751 plus or minus 212
- Commuting under 15 minutes172 plus or minus 113
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.9 percent plus or minus 13.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more330 plus or minus 150
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.9 percent plus or minus 15.7
- Drove alone59.7 percent
- Carpooled6.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked10.4 percent plus or minus 15.7
- Worked from home23.9 percent plus or minus 10.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boxford
SBA loans in Boxford (7(a))
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$1,350,800
- Average approval$96,486
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$250,000
- Largest approval$250,000
- Jobs supported67
- Jobs per approval4.8
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Boxford
SBA loans in Boxford (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,716,000
- Average approval$572,000
- Median approval$345,000
- Largest approval$1,139,000
- Jobs supported21
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Essex County, not Boxford
Essex County context, not Boxford 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 Boxford 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 Boxford. 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.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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
Boxford questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Boxford, Massachusetts?
2,284, in 781 households. Boxford CDP covers 5.36 square miles of land, which is 426 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Boxford 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 Boxford?
$188,482. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $979,100. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Boxford businesses?
14 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $75,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Boxford, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Boxford borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Boxford. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Boxford 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 Boxford.
Is zoning published for Boxford?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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