Swampscott is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 14,412 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Swampscott is the 127th largest community in Massachusetts. Swampscott has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Swampscott is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.08% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Swampscott is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Swampscott who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.67%), sales jobs (12.85%), and management occupations (12.10%).

Also of interest is that Swampscott has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Swampscott, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Swampscott is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

One of the nice things about Swampscott is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Swampscott, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.78 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Swampscott does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Swampscott Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Swampscott. 50.22% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Swampscott in 2000 was $35,487, which is upper middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,948 for a family of four. However, Swampscott contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Swampscott home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Swampscott is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Swampscott include Irish, Italian, Russian, English, French, Polish, French Canadian, German, and Greek.

The most common language spoken in Swampscott is English. Other important languages spoken here include Russian and Spanish.