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Salisbury, MA

5,656 Population
5.9 square miles 961.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times 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

$58,323 ±$5,840 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $63,282 ±$361
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$92,469 ±$6,844 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $115,863 ±$796
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

5.6% ±2.4% (316  ±138) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 428,080 (±0.2% / ±7,208)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

29.9 minutes ±3.3 (74,425  ±18,016) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.3 63,123,320 (±0.1 / ±374,911)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

2,870 ±285 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,940,688 ±3,871
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2 ±0.1 (5,656  ±592) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,788,006
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

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

Housing

3,745 ±298 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,059,059 ±400
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$465,900 ±$31,429 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $646,300 ±$2,040
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

13.5% ±5.2% (763  ±305.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.2% 597,882 (±0.2% / ±9,253)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

95.1% ±3.2% (4,272  ±441.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.2% 3,237,215 (±0.4% / ±13,892.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
50.6% ±5.7% (2,274  ±340.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 52% 1,823,693 (±0.3% / ±9,675.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

6% ±3% (340  ±174) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 20% 991,133
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

8.9% ±2.9% (442  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4% 158,895 (±0.1% / ±2,917)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
442 Total veterans ±149 430 Male ±147 12 Female ±19

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