Delmar vs Salisbury

A side-by-side comparison of Delmar and Salisbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Delmar and Salisbury are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salisbury has the higher population (33,080 vs 4,058 in Delmar). Delmar has the higher median household income ($77,402 vs $56,402 in Salisbury). Salisbury has the higher median home value ($217,500 vs $211,600 in Delmar).

Population, income & housing

	Delmar	Salisbury
Population	4,058	33,080
Median age	38.1 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,402	$56,402
Median home value	$211,600	$217,500
Median gross rent	$1,351	$1,247
Housing units	1,994	14,601
Homeownership rate	58.4%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delmar	Salisbury
Population	3,214 → 4,058 (+26.3%)	32,693 → 33,080 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$60,301 → $77,402 (+28.4%)	$41,905 → $56,402 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $211,600 (+37.1%)	$158,700 → $217,500 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,351 (+24.7%)	$1,057 → $1,247 (+18.0%)

Delmar

Population

3,2144,058

Median household income

$60,301$77,402

Median home value

$154,300$211,600

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,351

Salisbury

Population

32,69333,080

Median household income

$41,905$56,402

Median home value

$158,700$217,500

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delmar	Salisbury
Under 5	2.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	15.1%	17.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.2%
75 and over	2.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delmar	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	43.4%
Black or African American	23.9%	40.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.6%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delmar	Salisbury
No high school diploma	10.8%	13.2%
High school graduate	22.6%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delmar	Salisbury
Drove alone	88.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delmar	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	55.5%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	24.2%
20 or more units	7.1%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Delmar	Salisbury
Poverty rate	9.2%	24.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	2003	1982