PEABODY:
- The total area of the City is 16.88 square miles.
- Peabody was incorporated as a city in 1916.
- there are approximately 49,000 people,
- they are primarily professionals, aged 35-60.
- Peabody is one of the few cities in Eastern Mass. to see an actual increase in manufacturing jobs over the last 15 years.

Peabody: median inc/ household is $60,000
Lynn: median inc/ household is $43,000
Danvers: median inc/household is $65,000
Salem: median inc/household is $49,000
Andover: median inc/household is $104,800
Lynnfield: median inc/household is $92,000
Boxford: median inc/household is $119,300
Middleton: median inco/household is $88,400, the fastest growing town in the North Shore and one of the fastest growing in the state.

The North Shore area is home to an established community of high tech workers due to good schools and many high tech companies long being in the area. Also, due to the large variety of housing options, and the variety of demographics in the towns & cities close to Peabody, manufacturing, warehouse, distribution and assembly worker costs can be kept low.