Fruitland vs Salisbury

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

Fruitland 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 5,698 in Fruitland). Fruitland has the higher median household income ($64,352 vs $56,402 in Salisbury). Salisbury has the higher median home value ($217,500 vs $211,200 in Fruitland).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Salisbury
Population	5,698	33,080
Median age	32.0 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,352	$56,402
Median home value	$211,200	$217,500
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,247
Housing units	2,178	14,601
Homeownership rate	63.9%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Salisbury
Population	5,244 → 5,698 (+8.7%)	32,693 → 33,080 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $64,352 (+13.0%)	$41,905 → $56,402 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$168,500 → $211,200 (+25.3%)	$158,700 → $217,500 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,289 → $1,354 (+5.0%)	$1,057 → $1,247 (+18.0%)

Fruitland

Population

5,2445,698

Median household income

$56,964$64,352

Median home value

$168,500$211,200

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,354

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)

	Fruitland	Salisbury
Under 5	10.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	15.6%	17.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.2%
75 and over	2.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	43.4%
Black or African American	26.9%	40.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Salisbury
No high school diploma	7.0%	13.2%
High school graduate	36.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Salisbury
Drove alone	79.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	12.9%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.8%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	78.2%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	24.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Salisbury
Poverty rate	15.4%	24.8%
Average household size	2.81	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1984	1982