Haverhill is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 67,153 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Haverhill is the 15th largest community in Massachusetts. Much of the housing stock in Haverhill was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country. Housing costs in Haverhill are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Massachusetts.Haverhill is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Haverhill is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Haverhill who work in management occupations (11.75%), office and administrative support (11.08%), and sales jobs (7.85%). Also of interest is that Haverhill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.73% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Haverhill is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.00% of adults in Haverhill have a college degree. The per capita income in Haverhill in 2022 was $39,770, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $159,080 for a family of four. However, Haverhill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Haverhill is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Haverhill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Haverhill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Haverhill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.25% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Haverhill include Irish, Italian, French, English, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Haverhill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
