Beverly vs Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Beverly and Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

Beverly and Salem are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salem has the higher population (44,241 vs 42,408 in Beverly). Beverly has the higher median household income ($103,739 vs $85,137 in Salem). Beverly has the higher median home value ($621,900 vs $497,400 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Beverly	Salem
Population	42,408	44,241
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,739	$85,137
Median home value	$621,900	$497,400
Median gross rent	$1,683	$1,800
Housing units	17,665	21,000
Homeownership rate	60.1%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beverly	Salem
Population	41,885 → 42,408 (+1.2%)	43,252 → 44,241 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$80,586 → $103,739 (+28.7%)	$68,808 → $85,137 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$437,300 → $621,900 (+42.2%)	$367,200 → $497,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,683 (+31.3%)	$1,289 → $1,800 (+39.6%)

Beverly

Population

41,88542,408

Median household income

$80,586$103,739

Median home value

$437,300$621,900

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,683

Salem

Population

43,25244,241

Median household income

$68,808$85,137

Median home value

$367,200$497,400

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beverly	Salem
Under 5	5.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	12.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	17.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.1%
75 and over	8.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beverly	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	67.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beverly	Salem
No high school diploma	3.4%	8.1%
High school graduate	20.9%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beverly	Salem
Drove alone	62.2%	57.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.6%
Public transit	7.1%	6.3%
Walked	5.1%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	19.0%	19.4%
Other means	2.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beverly	Salem
1-unit, detached	50.1%	25.3%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	37.4%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	14.1%
20 or more units	14.0%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Beverly	Salem
Poverty rate	9.9%	13.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1957	1938