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District 9, Salisbury, Wicomico County, MD

17,574 Population
22.2 square miles 793.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wicomico County: 36.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$37,264 ±$4,664 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wicomico County: $36,856 ±$1,543
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $51,689 ±$277
$58,534 ±$9,981 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wicomico County: $72,861 ±$3,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maryland: $101,652 ±$518

17.4% ±5% (2,958  ±873) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wicomico County: 14% † 13,995 (±1.6% / ±1,579)
  • nearly double the rate in Maryland: 9.4% 564,966 (±0.2% / ±12,636)

21 minutes ±1.2 (148,365  ±17,201) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wicomico County: 22.9 1,083,060 (±0.7 / ±44,460)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Maryland: 31.5 80,922,360 (±0.1 / ±443,668)

Families

6,860 ±447 Number of households
  • Wicomico County: 40,034 ±545
  • Maryland: 2,339,510 ±4,595
2.5 ±0 (17,067  ±1,117) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wicomico County: 2.5 100,104 (±0 / ±59)
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,045,148

4.2% ±1.8% (149  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Wicomico County: 4.4% † 1,135 (±1.2% / ±303)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.2% 75,478 (±0.2% / ±2,227)

Housing

7,317 ±416 Number of housing units
  • Wicomico County: 43,925 ±63
  • Maryland: 2,545,532 ±484

$301,600 ±$25,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wicomico County: $238,900 ±$5,486
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $397,700 ±$1,433

12.2% ±3.8% (2,129  ±681.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wicomico County: 16.3% † 16,857 (±1.7% / ±1,773.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 716,248 (±0.2% / ±11,714.6)

Social

87.7% ±4.7% (10,039  ±824.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wicomico County: 89.4% 58,999 (±2.7% / ±1,800)
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 91% 3,890,112 (±0.4% / ±15,869.9)
29.3% ±3.1% (3,347  ±414.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wicomico County: 29.1% 19,229 (±1.5% / ±1,014.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 42.7% 1,826,045 (±0.3% / ±10,531.1)

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

7.4% ±2.4% (1,300  ±431) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wicomico County: 9.3% 9,669
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 16.3% 1,004,839

7.4% ±1.7% (945  ±227) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wicomico County: 6.3% 5,110 (±0.6% / ±478)
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,655 (±0.1% / ±4,878)
945 Total veterans ±227 843 Male ±217 102 Female ±71

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