Household broadband adoption
Chelsea city
How many households in Chelsea city, Massachusetts report an internet subscription. These are survey estimates of what households subscribe to, not a record of which providers offer service at a given address.
Households
13,716
± 635
With a broadband subscription
86.6%
11,875 households ± 574
With no internet access
10.3%
1,417 households ± 360
How this compares
| Chelsea city | 86.6% | |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 92.8% ± 0.1 points | 6.2 points below |
| United States | 91.0% ± 0.1 points | 4.4 points below |
Ranks 198 of 218 places in this state with estimates solid enough to compare.
How to read these numbers
- Every figure is a survey estimate with a margin of error at the 90% confidence level. A difference smaller than the margin is not a real difference.
- “Broadband of any type” counts cable, fibre, DSL, satellite and cellular data plans together. It does not distinguish speed or technology.
- Households reporting no internet access may still have service available to them. Adoption and availability are different measurements.
- These estimates describe households, not people, and not individual addresses.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates, table B28002, presence and types of internet subscriptions in household.
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Change since 2018
2018 estimate
76.6%
± 2.6 points
2024 estimate
86.6%
± 1.2 points
Difference
+9.9 points
Statistically significant: higher than in 2018
The two releases cover 2014–2018 and 2020–2024. They share no years, which is what makes them comparable at all. The margin on each rate is derived from the margins of both counts it came from, and the difference is tested at the same 90% confidence level the Census Bureau publishes those margins at.
Places of a similar size in Massachusetts
Each of these publishes an estimate solid enough to set beside this one. Margins of error overlap, so a small difference between two places is not a difference.
| Place | Households | With a subscription |
|---|---|---|
| Westfield city | 15,822 | 89.5% |
| Holyoke city | 15,618 | 86.4% |
| Braintree Town city | 14,432 | 95.4% |
| Northampton city | 13,467 | 92.4% |
| Gloucester city | 13,444 | 90.7% |
| Norwood CDP | 13,259 | 94.8% |