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New Salem town, Franklin County, MA

1,036 Population
44.8 square miles 23.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.8 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 46.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$36,060 ±$4,536 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Franklin County: $34,202 ±$1,277
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$69,750 ±$12,871 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $59,522 ±$1,827
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

5.4% ±2.4% (56  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 10.4% 7,226 (±1% / ±701)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

33.8 minutes ±4.9 (16,225  ±3,798) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Franklin County: 24.4 821,810 (±0.7 / ±28,667)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

456 ±47 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,328 ±460
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.3 ±0.1 (1,036  ±109) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 69,280 (±0 / ±314)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

4.7% ±4.6% (8  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 5% † 746 (±1% / ±152)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

512 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,071 ±153
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$240,500 ±$16,849 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Franklin County: $229,300 ±$3,575
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

2.5% ±2.8% (26  ±28.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Franklin County: 11% 7,727 (±1% / ±705.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

92.5% ±4.8% (739  ±85.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 93.1% 49,540 (±2% / ±1,071.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
39.7% ±5.9% (317  ±57) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 37.2% 19,786 (±1.3% / ±701.2)
  • about 90 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

2.5% ±1.2% (26  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 5.5% † 3,898 (±0.6% / ±405)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

14.1% ±4.1% (121  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 9% 5,270 (±0.5% / ±292)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
121 Total veterans ±37 118 Male ±36 3 Female ±4

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