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Salisbury, NC

35,730 Population
23 square miles 1,556.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,932 ±$2,017 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $44,995 ±$383
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$51,058 ±$2,784 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $80,201 ±$772
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

24.3% ±2.9% (7,837  ±932) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.5% 279,994 (±0.3% / ±8,042)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

20.8 minutes ±1.2 (279,370  ±23,016) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.7 29,362,984 (±0.1 / ±234,399)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

13,604 ±582 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,049,805 ±3,163
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (32,095  ±129) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,675,822 (±0 / ±743)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.1% ±2.6% (449  ±233) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.2% 35,163 (±0.3% / ±1,778)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

15,523 ±513 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,139,944 ±364
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$215,200 ±$13,354 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $319,400 ±$2,166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.1% ±2.6% (4,978  ±919.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.2% 353,114 (±0.3% / ±7,852.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

86.6% ±4.3% (20,399  ±1,134.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.4% 1,671,195 (±0.6% / ±10,450.4)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
26.9% ±2.6% (6,334  ±624.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 39% 720,668 (±0.4% / ±6,562.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

6.4% ±1.6% (2,269  ±577) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 11.4% 308,897
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7.6% ±1.2% (2,113  ±344) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.4% 131,808 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
2,113 Total veterans ±344 1,881 Male ±326 232 Female ±105

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