Pittsville vs Salisbury

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

Pittsville 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 2,034 in Pittsville). Pittsville has the higher median household income ($73,441 vs $56,402 in Salisbury). Salisbury has the higher median home value ($217,500 vs $206,800 in Pittsville).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsville	Salisbury
Population	2,034	33,080
Median age	43.2 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,441	$56,402
Median home value	$206,800	$217,500
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,247
Housing units	997	14,601
Homeownership rate	82.9%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsville	Salisbury
Population	1,547 → 2,034 (+31.5%)	32,693 → 33,080 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$52,212 → $73,441 (+40.7%)	$41,905 → $56,402 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$134,600 → $206,800 (+53.6%)	$158,700 → $217,500 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,088 (+7.1%)	$1,057 → $1,247 (+18.0%)

Pittsville

Population

1,5472,034

Median household income

$52,212$73,441

Median home value

$134,600$206,800

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,088

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)

	Pittsville	Salisbury
Under 5	6.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	17.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.2%
75 and over	5.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsville	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	43.4%
Black or African American	5.5%	40.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsville	Salisbury
No high school diploma	11.3%	13.2%
High school graduate	49.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsville	Salisbury
Drove alone	86.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.9%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.8%
Other means	1.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsville	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	72.7%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	24.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Pittsville	Salisbury
Poverty rate	12.7%	24.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1995	1982