Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Dracut
Dracut is a mostly residential town on the north bank of the Merrimack, wrapped around Lowell and running up to the New Hampshire line. It is a middle-class, homeowning town: incomes run well above the state median, most residents own their homes, and the mill-era pull of Irish and French-Canadian families still shows in its history. Figures below come from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 32,617
- Households: 12,145
- Persons per household: 2.7
- Age 65 and over: 17.9%
- Under 18: 21.4%
- Foreign-born: 10.4% of residents
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 81.7%
- Asian: 5.9%
- Black or African American: 3.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 8.9%
- Two or more races: 7.1%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 16.3%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $111,539
- Poverty rate: 6.6%
- Median home value: $465,900
- Median gross rent: $1,740
- Homeownership: 79.7% of units
- In the labor force: 68.2%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Dracut’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 25,363
- Unenrolled (no party): 17,870 (70.5%)
- Democrats: 4,628 (18.3%)
- Republicans: 2,624 (10.4%)
Sources
See how Dracut fits into the broader Commonwealth.