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Salem city, Essex County, MA

44,452 Population
8.3 square miles 5,359.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 40.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,944 ±$1,950 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $46,263 ±$590
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$72,884 ±$3,836 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $86,684 ±$1,333
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

14.9% ±2.4% (6,382  ±1,031) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Essex County: 9.9% 77,689 (±0.5% / ±3,796)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

31.1 minutes ±1.5 (680,855  ±47,394) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 29.6 10,877,030 (±0.4 / ±175,999)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

19,745 ±554 Number of households
  • Essex County: 307,959 ±1,047
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.2 ±0.1 (42,811  ±308) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.6 786,987 (±0 / ±854)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

4.5% ±2.2% (583  ±294) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 9,161 (±0.5% / ±844)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

20,956 ±582 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 325,228 ±448
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$396,700 ±$11,564 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $462,900 ±$3,659
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

11.7% ±1.7% (5,128  ±756.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 10.5% 83,890 (±0.5% / ±3,645)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

92.6% ±3.6% (29,731  ±1,378.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 89.7% 502,448 (±1% / ±5,437.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
48.5% ±2.9% (15,582  ±1,024.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 41.2% 230,608 (±0.6% / ±3,519)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

14% ±1.8% (6,210  ±798) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 17.9% 144,366 (±0.4% / ±3,475)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

3.9% ±0.8% (1,475  ±315) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 4.7% 29,880 (±0.2% / ±1,187)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
1,475 Total veterans ±315 1,408 Male ±306 67 Female ±47

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