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Salisbury, MA

5,735 Population
5.9 square miles 975.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$57,355 ±$5,043 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $61,389 ±$358
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$93,052 ±$19,391 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $112,484 ±$779
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

5.1% ±2.3% (295  ±138) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 424,129 (±0.2% / ±8,958)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

30.1 minutes ±4.6 (81,050  ±21,067) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.5 64,916,764 (±0.1 / ±411,878)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

2,801 ±294 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,925,474 ±3,766
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.1 ±0.1 (5,735  ±668) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,760,875
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

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

Housing

3,721 ±325 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,046,121 ±378
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$441,500 ±$31,359 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $610,900 ±$2,066
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

12.7% ±5.2% (729  ±310.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.5% 610,746 (±0.2% / ±9,345.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

95.3% ±14.4% (4,275  ±440.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.3% 3,212,042 (±0.4% / ±14,733.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
52.1% ±5.1% (2,338  ±343.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 51.2% 1,782,685 (±0.3% / ±10,606.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

4.8% ±2.2% (274  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.7% 966,395
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

10.3% ±3.6% (518  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.2% 165,842 (±0.1% / ±2,944)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
518 Total veterans ±191 497 Male ±191 21 Female ±24

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