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Salem, MA

44,795 Population
8.3 square miles 5,401 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$50,339 ±$2,150 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $63,282 ±$361
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$85,153 ±$5,154 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $115,863 ±$796
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

12.1% ±2.5% (5,245  ±1,075) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 428,080 (±0.2% / ±7,208)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

28.5 minutes ±1.4 (559,875  ±42,504) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.3 63,123,320 (±0.1 / ±374,911)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

20,267 ±583 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,940,688 ±3,871
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.1 ±0.1 (43,268  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,788,006
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

5.2% ±2.2% (661  ±283) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.4% 52,573 (±0.2% / ±1,917)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

21,492 ±587 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,059,059 ±400
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$542,800 ±$17,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $646,300 ±$2,040
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

9.6% ±1.6% (4,232  ±699) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.2% 597,882 (±0.2% / ±9,253)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

91.9% ±3.7% (30,358  ±1,396.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.2% 3,237,215 (±0.4% / ±13,892.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
47.8% ±2.7% (15,788  ±961.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 52% 1,823,693 (±0.3% / ±9,675.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

16.3% ±1.8% (7,291  ±806) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 20% 991,133
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

3.6% ±0.9% (1,364  ±337) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4% 158,895 (±0.1% / ±2,917)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
1,364 Total veterans ±337 1,334 Male ±337 30 Female ±28

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