Community & Data
Danvers Demographics
A Portrait of Danvers
Danvers is a North Shore town of about 28,000 people, a few miles inland from the harbor towns of Salem and Beverly. It skews older than the state as a whole: more than one in five residents is 65 or over, while about one in six is under 18. Incomes here run well above the Massachusetts median, and most families own their homes. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 28,087
- Recent estimate: about 28,098
- Households: 11,005
- Owner-occupied homes: 69.2%
- Under 18: 17.2%
- Age 65 and over: 22.6%
- Foreign-born: 9.1% of residents
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 88.9% (White non-Hispanic 88.0%)
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 5.5%
- Black or African American: 1.8%
- Two or more races: 4.9%
- Asian: 1.8%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $125,395
- Median home value: $644,200
- Median gross rent: $2,076
- Homeownership: 69.2% of units
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Danvers’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 22,611
- Unenrolled (no party): 16,297 (72.08%)
- Democrats: 3,829 (16.93%)
- Republicans: 2,234 (9.88%)
- Political designations: 251 (1.11%)
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MassCivics last checked this page on October 15, 2026.
Sources
- Population and demographics: US Census Bureau, Census profile of Danvers town, Essex County (American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024 and the 2020 Census), as of April 1, 2020 and December 31, 2024.
- Schools and districts: Massachusetts DESE, Danvers Public Schools.
- Elections and voter enrollment: Secretary of the Commonwealth (spreadsheet), 2026 state primary registration workbook, as of August 22, 2026.
- Elections and voter enrollment: Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Elections Calendar.