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Salem city, Essex County, MA

43,350 Population
8.3 square miles 5,226.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,697 ±$1,966 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $43,948 ±$576
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$66,428 ±$4,764 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $82,225 ±$1,120
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

15.9% ±2.9% (6,624  ±1,210) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 10.1% 78,089 (±0.5% / ±3,470)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

31.1 minutes ±1.6 (678,270  ±46,974) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 30.2 11,184,445 (±0.3 / ±145,731)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

19,094 ±645 Number of households
  • Essex County: 297,254 ±1,115
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.2 ±0.1 (41,604  ±271) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.6 769,060 (±0 / ±875)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

4% ±1.7% (509  ±223) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 4.7% 8,447 (±0.4% / ±702)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

20,069 ±600 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 313,956 ±421
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$379,400 ±$9,604 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $436,600 ±$3,401
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

13.2% ±1.8% (5,665  ±752.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 10.4% 81,412 (±0.5% / ±3,677.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

91.4% ±3.9% (28,485  ±1,358.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 89.7% 490,914 (±0.9% / ±5,095.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
45.1% ±2.9% (14,062  ±950) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 40.7% 222,503 (±0.6% / ±3,360.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

14.5% ±2.1% (6,272  ±897) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 17.5% 137,665 (±0.4% / ±3,104)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

4.4% ±0.8% (1,609  ±301) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5.1% 31,410 (±0.2% / ±1,180)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
1,609 Total veterans ±301 1,529 Male ±298 80 Female ±53

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