Chelsea is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 35,080 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Chelsea is the 41st largest community in Massachusetts. Chelsea has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Chelsea is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Chelsea is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chelsea who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.08%), sales jobs (9.20%), and food service (8.81%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Chelsea are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

In Chelsea, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.74 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Chelsea is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The bus helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Chelsea area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Chelsea Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Chelsea is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 10.02% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Chelsea in 2000 was $14,628, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $58,512 for a family of four.

Chelsea is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Chelsea home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Chelsea is White, followed by African-American. Chelsea also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 48.36% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Chelsea include Italian, Irish, and Polish.

Chelsea also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 36.13%.

The most common language spoken in Chelsea is Spanish. Some people also speak English.