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New Salem town, Franklin County, MA

1,058 Population
44.8 square miles 23.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 47.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$41,059 ±$4,526 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $41,366 ±$1,152
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$78,611 ±$18,436 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $72,584 ±$2,140
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

9.9% ±6.8% (105  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 12.2% † 8,508 (±1.2% / ±858)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

23.5 minutes ±11.7 (11,380  ±3,594) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 23.6 703,475 (±0.6 / ±26,386)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

450 ±71 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 31,498 ±335
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.4 ±0.3 (1,058  ±204) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 69,370 (±0 / ±30)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

3.9% ±4.7% (4  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 4.6% † 660 (±1.3% / ±183)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

522 ±72 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,424 ±67
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$346,800 ±$34,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $303,400 ±$7,597
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

8.9% ±5.7% (94  ±62.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 8.9% 6,247 (±0.8% / ±594.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

96.5% ±26.5% (828  ±140.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 93.9% 50,870 (±2.2% / ±1,212.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
36.1% ±10% (310  ±54) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 40.3% 21,828 (±1.4% / ±783.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

2.9% ±1.7% (31  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 5% 3,546
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

7.8% ±2.4% (71  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 6.8% † 3,986 (±0.7% / ±413)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
71 Total veterans ±26 62 Male ±25 9 Female ±11

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