Homes and Families Homes and Families Marblehead is primarily a residential community, and a wonderful place to raise children.
Most people live in single family houses.
There are a few modest homes in town and many spectacular ones, especially on the Neck. Though few young families can afford the high cost of housing here, those who do reap the benefits of a well-managed town that lacks some of the intractable problems of larger, more urban areas. Older residents complain of overdevelopment, but generally Marblehead has been careful to avoid some of the congestion of other seaside towns.