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Total population: 28,972 (Urban population: 28,722 (71 inside urbanized areas, 28,652 inside urban clusters), Rural population: 250 (all nonfarm))

Salisbury, North Carolina Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 11,382 (10,358 occupied: 5,584 owner occupied, 4,774 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	46%
State:	31%

Housing density: 640 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $189,142.

Median contract rent in 2007: $490 (lower quartile is $393, upper quartile is $584)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $575

Median gross rent in Salisbury, NC in 2007: $626

Housing units in Salisbury with a mortgage: 3,002 (342 second mortgage, 564 home equity loan, 42 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,136

Salisbury,NC index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $127,511 (it was $91,600 in 2000)

Salisbury:	$127,511
North Carolina:	$145,700

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $78,789 - $191,707

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $180,394
Here: $180,394
State: $217,106

Townhouses or other attached units: $152,632
Here: $152,632
State: $176,568

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $100,492
Here: $100,492
State: $169,602

Mobile homes: $29,767
Here: $29,767
State: $45,354

Household type by relationship

Households: 23,717

In family households: 19,090 (4,136 male householders, 2,210 female householders)
4,347 spouses, 6,309 children (5,685 natural, 131 adopted, 493 stepchildren), 600 grandchildren, 288 brothers or sisters, 180 parents, 565 other relatives, 455 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,627 (1,684 male householders (1,378 living alone)), 2,346 female householders (2,160 living alone)), 597 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,959 (1,473 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,035 2-persons, 1,462 3-persons, 1,024 4-persons, 522 5-persons, 203 6-persons, 100 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,538 1-person, 411 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 12 5-persons.

2,569 married couples with children.
2,324 single-parent households (312 men, 2,012 women).

93.0% of residents of Salisbury speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,320 (4.9%)
(20.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.2
State:	4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Salisbury, North Carolina:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 42 3 rooms: 72 4 rooms: 465 5 rooms: 1,297 6 rooms: 1,453 7 rooms: 761 8 rooms: 684 9 or more rooms: 810

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Salisbury, North Carolina:
	1 room: 130 2 rooms: 426 3 rooms: 808 4 rooms: 1,512 5 rooms: 1,094 6 rooms: 460 7 rooms: 213 8 rooms: 88 9 or more rooms: 43

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 440
1995 to 1998: 814
1990 to 1994: 541
1980 to 1989: 1,261
1970 to 1979: 1,358
1960 to 1969: 1,798
1950 to 1959: 1,803
1940 to 1949: 1,399
1939 or earlier: 1,968

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Salisbury:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 101 2 bedrooms: 1,537 3 bedrooms: 2,658 4 bedrooms: 1,045 5 or more bedrooms: 243

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Salisbury:
	no bedroom: 169 1 bedroom: 1,230 2 bedrooms: 2,133 3 bedrooms: 962 4 bedrooms: 232 5 or more bedrooms: 48

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Salisbury in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 365 1 vehicle: 1,730 2 vehicles: 2,428 3 vehicles: 799 4 vehicles: 228 5 or more vehicles: 34

Cars and other vehicles available in Salisbury in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,037 1 vehicle: 2,580 2 vehicles: 874 3 vehicles: 221 4 vehicles: 49 5 or more vehicles: 13

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Salisbury, NC:

Less than $10,000: 17
$10,000 to $14,999: 11
$15,000 to $19,999: 23
$20,000 to $24,999: 23
$25,000 to $29,999: 25
$30,000 to $34,999: 28
$35,000 to $39,999: 59
$40,000 to $49,999: 208
$50,000 to $59,999: 172
$60,000 to $69,999: 187
$70,000 to $79,999: 240
$80,000 to $89,999: 385
$90,000 to $99,999: 444
$100,000 to $124,999: 1148
$125,000 to $149,999: 687
$150,000 to $174,999: 515
$175,000 to $199,999: 459
$200,000 to $249,999: 556
$250,000 to $299,999: 241
$300,000 to $399,999: 291
$400,000 to $499,999: 148
$500,000 to $749,999: 178
$750,000 to $999,999: 43
$1,000,000 or more: 27

Salisbury rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Salisbury:

Less than $100: 192 people
$100 to $149: 120
$150 to $199: 152
$200 to $249: 174
$250 to $299: 169
$300 to $349: 281
$350 to $399: 435
$400 to $449: 518
$450 to $499: 548
$500 to $549: 562
$550 to $599: 497
$600 to $649: 359
$650 to $699: 238
$700 to $749: 180
$750 to $799: 169
$800 to $899: 158
$900 to $999: 46
$1,000 to $1,249: 32
$1,250 to $1,499: 21
$1,500 to $1,999: 26
$2,000 or more: 73
No cash rent: 238

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 654 1990 to 1994: 266 1985 to 1989: 133 1980 to 1984: 73 1975 to 1979: 72 1970 to 1974: 38 1970 to 1974: 31 1965 to 1969: 53

Salisbury, NC Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 83.0%
Number of people working at home: 214 (2.1% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 410
5 to 9 minutes: 2218
10 to 14 minutes: 2378
15 to 19 minutes: 1979
20 to 24 minutes: 993
25 to 29 minutes: 413
30 to 34 minutes: 568
35 to 39 minutes: 100
40 to 44 minutes: 156
45 to 59 minutes: 478
60 to 89 minutes: 315
90 or more minutes: 211

Salisbury mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 8,111 (78%)
Carpooled: 1,647 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 55 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 3 (0%)
Railroad: 6 (0%)
Taxi: 33 (0%)
Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
Bicycle: 49 (0%)
Walked: 279 (3%)
Other means: 28 (0%)
Worked at home: 214 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1525
$10,000 to $14,999: 779
$15,000 to $19,999: 860
$20,000 to $24,999: 884
$25,000 to $29,999: 755
$30,000 to $34,999: 709
$35,000 to $39,999: 557
$40,000 to $44,999: 763
$45,000 to $49,999: 606
$50,000 to $59,999: 705
$60,000 to $74,999: 676
$75,000 to $99,999: 810
$100,000 to $124,999: 297
$125,000 to $149,999: 111
$150,000 to $199,999: 141
$200,000 or more: 198

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 8790

United States or American: 3390

German: 1815

English: 1575

Irish: 629

Scotch-Irish: 490

Subsaharan African:: 459

African: 372

French (except Basque): 365

Scottish: 305

Italian: 242

European: 219

Dutch: 157

Polish: 122

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 101

Liberian: 87

Norwegian: 87

Swedish: 77

British: 69

Jamaican: 59

Welsh: 58

French Canadian: 56

Arab:: 55

Scandinavian: 39

Greek: 37

Slovak: 37

Swiss: 36

Yugoslavian: 36

Lebanese: 32

Hungarian: 28

Egyptian: 23

Northern European: 19

Danish: 16

Russian: 16

U.S. Virgin Islander: 14

Austrian: 12

New Zealander: 11

Bahamian: 11

Haitian: 10

Pennsylvania German: 8

Estonian: 8

Belgian: 8

Armenian: 8

West Indian: 7

Romanian: 6

Australian: 6

Ukrainian: 6

Celtic: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (38%)
Honduras (9%)
Other Western Africa (6%)
Vietnam (6%)
India (5%)
Laos (5%)
Jamaica (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 17645
Northeast: 2132
Midwest: 1116
South: 3667
West: 585

49% of Salisbury residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in North Carolina.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 117
Nursery to 4th grade: 64
5th and 6th grade: 204
7th and 8th grade: 385
9th grade: 252
10th grade: 297
11th grade: 251
12th grade, no diploma: 410
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,208
Less than 1 year of college: 538
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,024
Associate degree: 360
Bachelor's degree: 1,385
Master's degree: 302
Professional school degree: 154
Doctorate degree: 84

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 85
Nursery to 4th grade: 102
5th and 6th grade: 214
7th and 8th grade: 364
9th grade: 265
10th grade: 391
11th grade: 514
12th grade, no diploma: 357
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,534
Less than 1 year of college: 602
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,394
Associate degree: 430
Bachelor's degree: 1,728
Master's degree: 474
Professional school degree: 78
Doctorate degree: 45

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 14.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 9.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 29.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 14.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 27.8%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 13.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 41.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 14.8%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 11.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 23.4%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $49,175
Black householders: $24,056
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $100,864
Asian householders: $72,787
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $34,433
Some other race householders: $17,934
Two or more races householders: $58,182
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $33,036

Salisbury household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Salisbury household income for Black householders

Salisbury household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Salisbury household income for Asian householders

Salisbury household income for Some other race householders

Salisbury household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Salisbury marital status for males

Salisbury marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $148,113
Black or African American householders: $95,215
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $94,798
Asian householders: $122,639
Some other race householders: $113,173
Two or more races householders: $106,769
Hispanic or Latino householders: $119,437

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 7,259
One, attached: 457
Two: 762
3 or 4: 765
5 to 9: 827
10 to 19: 465
20 to 49: 159
50 or more: 447
Mobile homes: 235
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Median worth of mobile homes: $27,784

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Salisbury:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (71%) Electricity (17%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (48%) Electricity (44%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 223

Here:	8.2%
North Carolina:	8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 125

Here:	8.9%
North Carolina:	6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,174

Here:	59.9%
North Carolina:	20.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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