Salisbury vs Willards

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

Salisbury and Willards 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 1,273 in Willards). Willards has the higher median household income ($72,614 vs $56,402 in Salisbury). Salisbury has the higher median home value ($217,500 vs $196,800 in Willards).

Population, income & housing

	Salisbury	Willards
Population	33,080	1,273
Median age	29.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,402	$72,614
Median home value	$217,500	$196,800
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,537
Housing units	14,601	503
Homeownership rate	25.7%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salisbury	Willards
Population	32,693 → 33,080 (+1.2%)	886 → 1,273 (+43.7%)
Median household income	$41,905 → $56,402 (+34.6%)	$46,210 → $72,614 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$158,700 → $217,500 (+37.1%)	$137,800 → $196,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,057 → $1,247 (+18.0%)	$982 → $1,537 (+56.5%)

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

Willards

Population

8861,273

Median household income

$46,210$72,614

Median home value

$137,800$196,800

Median gross rent

$982$1,537

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salisbury	Willards
Under 5	7.1%	11.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	17.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	15.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	5.5%
75 and over	5.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salisbury	Willards
White (non-Hispanic)	43.4%	77.8%
Black or African American	40.4%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salisbury	Willards
No high school diploma	13.2%	10.1%
High school graduate	32.9%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salisbury	Willards
Drove alone	75.2%	90.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	3.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salisbury	Willards
1-unit, detached	38.3%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	24.2%	1.8%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Salisbury	Willards
Poverty rate	24.8%	21.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1982	1984