Methuen is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 53,455 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Methuen is the 26th largest community in Massachusetts. Housing costs in Methuen 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.Methuen is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Methuen is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Methuen who work in office and administrative support (11.09%), sales jobs (9.91%), and management occupations (7.75%). Also of interest is that Methuen has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Methuen telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.77% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, Methuen 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: 30.51% of adults in Methuen have a college degree. The per capita income in Methuen in 2022 was $44,678, 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 $178,712 for a family of four. However, Methuen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Methuen is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Methuen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Methuen residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Methuen also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.78% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Methuen include Irish, Italian, English, French, and French Canadian. Methuen also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 24.01%. The most common language spoken in Methuen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
