Census Reporter

Salisbury town, Essex County, MA

9,209 Population
15.4 square miles 599.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Interact with charts and statistics for margins of error and additional information.

Demographics

46.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$39,639 ±$5,386 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Essex County: $40,697 ±$420
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$78,112 ±$4,524 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Essex County: $75,878 ±$1,022
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

7.3% ±2.2% (669  ±203) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 81,801 (±0.4% / ±3,316)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

31 minutes ±3.2 (131,375  ±17,492) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 30.2 11,225,940 (±0.3 / ±132,584)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

3,762 ±194 Number of households
  • Essex County: 292,659 ±1,070
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.4 ±0.1 (9,148  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 2.6 763,016 (±0 / ±875)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

3.2% ±2.7% (64  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 8,959 (±0.4% / ±705)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

4,923 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 312,013 ±386
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$354,600 ±$14,609 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

10.3% ±3.1% (943  ±278.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 10.9% 83,970 (±0.4% / ±3,047.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

92% ±6.1% (6,369  ±470.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
35.5% ±4% (2,459  ±285.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 39.4% 212,106 (±0.5% / ±2,763.9)
  • about 80 percent of 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

4.8% ±1.5% (437  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Essex County: 16.7% 130,289 (±0.3% / ±2,608)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

10.7% ±2.8% (807  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 5.6% 34,152 (±0.2% / ±954)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
807 Total veterans ±216 723 Male ±204 84 Female ±83

Interact with charts and statistics for margins of error and additional information.