MERRIMACK VALLEY REGIONAL HOUSING PLAN: INDICATORS OF HOUSING NEED

POPULATION AGE

Source: U.S. Decennial Census, 2000 and 2010; UMASS Donahue Institute Age Sex Details, 2013; American Community Survey 2011-2015, S0101

2000CENSUS

2010CENSUS

2015ESTIMATE

2035PROJECTION

under 5years 7% 6% 6%

20–34years 18% 17% 18%

6%

5–19years 23% 22% 21% 18%

15%

34–65years 40% 43% 43% 38%

65+years 12% 12% 13% 23%

The number of adults over 65-years-old is projected to increase and school-age children to decrease.

PEOPLE IN THE REGION THAT REPORT HAVING A PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE, OR MENTAL DISABILITY

Source: 2011-2015 ACS 5-year estimates, Table S1810

11%more than one in every ten residents in the regionreports having a disability

33%one in three older adults (age 65+) report having a disability

PERCENT CHANGE IN SINGLE-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS, 2000–2015

Source: US Census 2000 and ACS 2011-2015

-0.5% Lawrence

0.2% Methuen

4% Haverhill

5% Boxford

6% Newburyport

9% Andover

12% North Andover

14% Newbury

15% Salisbury

16% Merrimac

20% Amesbury

21% Rowley

26% West Newbury

33% Georgetown

76% Groveland

2016 MEDIAN SALES PRICE FOR ALL UNITS

Source: The Warren Group

MERRIMAC

$262,000HAVERHILL

$264,000LAWRENCE

$300,000METHUEN

$280,000AMESBURY

$339,900

$300,000SALISBURY

NEWBURY

GROVELAND

$390,000

$360,000

GEORGETOWN

$415,000ROWLEY

$400,000NORTH ANDOVER

$463,500

$455,000NEWBURYPORT

BOXFORD

$545,000WEST NEWBURY

$606,500

$551,000ANDOVER

PERCENT OF ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOME AT OR BELOW 80% AMI

* 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

NORTH ANDOVER

BOXFORD

GEORGETOWN

WEST NEWBURY

ANDOVER

NEWBURY*

SALISBURY*

ROWLEY*

32%

31%

GROVELAND

35%NEWBURYPORT*

35%AMESBURY*

39%

37%MERRIMAC

LAWRENCE

42%METHUEN

70%

44%HAVERHILL

16%

22%

25%

23%

27%

27%

RENTAL AFFORDABILITY IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY

*Note: This �nding is based on the author's limited survey of rental listings in July and August 2017. | Source: ACS 2011-2015

There were no units that a household with the median renter income could a�ord in any community in the region during the summer 2017.*

Maximum rent a�ordable to renter households with the median rent in each community.

Amesbury

$720Lawrence

$805Salisbury

$877Methuen

$810Haverhill

$925

$892Merrimac

Boxford

$1,081

$989

North Andover

$1,200Rowley

$1,097Newburyport

$1,097West Newbury

$1,211Georgetown

Newbury

$1,233Groveland

$1,491

$1,341Andover

MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Source: ACS 2011-2015

AMESBURY

$34,852LAWRENCE

$60,888HAVERHILL

$71,392METHUEN

$69,500SALISBURY

$76,558

$73,986MERRIMAC

GEORGETOWN

NEWBURYPORT

$86,820

$85,556

ROWLEY

$95,208GROVELAND

$91,168NEWBURY

$107,683

$100,286NORTH ANDOVER

BOXFORD

$129,082ANDOVER

$140,268

$131,167WEST NEWBURY

MEDIAN RENTER HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Source: ACS 2011-2015

AMESBURY

LAWRENCE

HAVERHILL

METHUEN

SALISBURY

MERRIMAC

GEORGETOWN

NEWBURYPORT

ROWLEY

GROVELAND

NEWBURY

NORTH ANDOVER

BOXFORD

ANDOVER

WEST NEWBURY

$28,833

$32,411

$32,218

$35,090

$35,690

$40,083

$43,864

$48,125

$59,648

$49,333

$43,252

$48,438

$53,648

$43,889

$39,545

J M Goldson