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Salem city, Essex County, MA

43,302 Population
8.3 square miles 5,220.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$36,162 ±$1,908 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $40,697 ±$420
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$65,565 ±$3,686 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $75,878 ±$1,022
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

15.1% ±2.1% (6,247  ±885) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 81,801 (±0.4% / ±3,316)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

29.9 minutes ±1.3 (661,970  ±39,476) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 30.2 11,225,940 (±0.3 / ±132,584)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

18,222 ±521 Number of households
  • Essex County: 292,659 ±1,070
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.3 ±0.1 (41,383  ±248) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.6 763,016 (±0 / ±875)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

3.7% ±1.1% (459  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 8,959 (±0.4% / ±705)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

19,381 ±523 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 312,013 ±386
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$347,200 ±$7,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $389,900 ±$2,392
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

15.5% ±2% (6,641  ±835.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 10.9% 83,970 (±0.4% / ±3,047.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

90.7% ±3% (27,476  ±1,105.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 89.3% 481,053 (±0.8% / ±4,328.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
40.5% ±2.3% (12,251  ±750.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 39.4% 212,106 (±0.5% / ±2,763.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

15.8% ±1.9% (6,834  ±812) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 16.7% 130,289 (±0.3% / ±2,608)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

4.5% ±0.7% (1,610  ±245) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5.6% 34,152 (±0.2% / ±954)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
1,610 Total veterans ±245 1,454 Male ±213 156 Female ±93

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