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New Salem town, Franklin County, MA

1,074 Population
44.8 square miles 24 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.8 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 47.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,787 ±$5,247 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $40,282 ±$1,258
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$75,951 ±$8,805 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $70,383 ±$2,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

10.1% ±7% (108  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 12% 8,360 (±1.2% / ±834)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

27.5 minutes ±13.4 (14,455  ±4,503) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 24 732,315 (±0.2 / ±22,180)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

453 ±73 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 31,234 ±361
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.4 ±0.3 (1,074  ±208) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 69,441 (±0 / ±34)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

528 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,395 ±96
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$317,700 ±$31,965 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $284,100 ±$5,754
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

7.8% ±5.3% (84  ±59.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 8.9% † 6,258 (±0.9% / ±,652.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

95.6% ±26.2% (823  ±142) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 93.7% 50,679 (±2.3% / ±1,253.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
29.6% ±8.2% (255  ±45) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 39.8% 21,530 (±1.4% / ±,777.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.7% ±1.8% (29  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 5% 3,542
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

7.8% ±2.8% (72  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 7.5% 4,433 (±0.7% / ±421)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
72 Total veterans ±30 64 Male ±29 8 Female ±8

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