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Salem city, Essex County, MA

43,252 Population
8.3 square miles 5,215 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 40.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$38,400 ±$1,967 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $42,347 ±$493
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$68,808 ±$2,601 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $79,263 ±$1,103
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

14.7% ±2.3% (6,093  ±970) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Essex County: 10.4% 79,463 (±0.4% / ±2,848)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

31.3 minutes ±1.7 (693,665  ±48,395) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 30.4 11,535,565 (±0.3 / ±142,882)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

18,437 ±603 Number of households
  • Essex County: 294,202 ±1,133
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.3 ±0.1 (41,406  ±247) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.6 765,609 (±0 / ±839)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

3.5% ±1.3% (437  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 5% 9,102 (±0.4% / ±735)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

19,631 ±585 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 312,992 ±346
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$367,200 ±$8,157 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Essex County: $409,900 ±$3,590
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

14.3% ±2.1% (6,137  ±893.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 11% 85,585 (±0.4% / ±3,259.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

91.2% ±3.1% (27,856  ±1,173.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 89.3% 484,719 (±0.8% / ±4,459.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
43% ±2.3% (13,135  ±775.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 39.9% 216,380 (±0.5% / ±2,908.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

14.6% ±1.7% (6,333  ±742) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 17.3% 135,677 (±0.3% / ±2,577)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

4.4% ±0.7% (1,607  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5.3% 32,697 (±0.2% / ±1,019)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
1,607 Total veterans ±237 1,505 Male ±236 102 Female ±55

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