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Wicomico, Worcester & Somerset Counties--Salisbury City PUMA, MD

185,907 Population
1,162.5 square miles 159.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,870 ±$2,173 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$75,526 ±$8,538 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±2.8% (27,369  ±5,007) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.1 minutes ±1.7 (2,023,645  ±175,315) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 32.3 87,922,816 (±0.3 / ±1,040,848)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

76,011 ±2,503 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (175,866  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9% ±3% (3,605  ±1,203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

113,830 ±937 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$302,000 ±$15,408 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.2% ±2.1% (22,480  ±3,834.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.1% ±4.3% (122,321  ±5,890.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.1% ±2.8% (45,662  ±3,750.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

10.7% ±1% (18,504  ±1,651.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in Maryland: 21.1% 1,232,007 (±0.2% / ±11,123.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6.7% (12,491  ±1,812) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.7% ±1.1% (10,074  ±1,623) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,074 Total veterans ±1,623 8,822 Male ±1,481 1,252 Female ±610

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