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New Salem town, Franklin County, MA

1,072 Population
44.8 square miles 24 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.3 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 47.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,675 ±$4,077 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $37,740 ±$1,014
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$71,221 ±$3,048 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $64,949 ±$1,955
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

10.1% ±7.1% (108  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 10.6% † 7,443 (±1.2% / ±827)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

28 minutes ±13.7 (14,565  ±4,517) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 24 748,175 (±0.6 / ±26,898)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

452 ±76 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,792 ±330
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.4 ±0.3 (1,072  ±227) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 69,602 (±0 / ±248)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

510 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,326 ±139
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$270,200 ±$57,894 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $248,500 ±$4,494
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

7.8% ±6.1% (84  ±67.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 9.2% † 6,510 (±1.1% / ±759.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

95.3% ±27.9% (806  ±139.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 93.6% 50,482 (±2.3% / ±1,221.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
29.8% ±8.9% (252  ±46.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 38.9% 20,952 (±1.4% / ±776)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

2.2% ±1.3% (24  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 4.7% † 3,307 (±0.5% / ±373)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

9.2% ±3.6% (84  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 8.1% 4,752 (±0.7% / ±398)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
84 Total veterans ±38 74 Male ±34 10 Female ±12

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