Haverhill vs Salem

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

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

Haverhill has the higher population (67,387 vs 44,241 in Salem). Haverhill has the higher median household income ($87,675 vs $85,137 in Salem). Salem has the higher median home value ($497,400 vs $426,900 in Haverhill).

Population, income & housing

	Haverhill	Salem
Population	67,387	44,241
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,675	$85,137
Median home value	$426,900	$497,400
Median gross rent	$1,620	$1,800
Housing units	27,596	21,000
Homeownership rate	61.3%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haverhill	Salem
Population	63,533 → 67,387 (+6.1%)	43,252 → 44,241 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$69,426 → $87,675 (+26.3%)	$68,808 → $85,137 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$300,600 → $426,900 (+42.0%)	$367,200 → $497,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,208 → $1,620 (+34.1%)	$1,289 → $1,800 (+39.6%)

Haverhill

Population

63,53367,387

Median household income

$69,426$87,675

Median home value

$300,600$426,900

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,620

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)

	Haverhill	Salem
Under 5	5.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.1%
75 and over	6.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haverhill	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	67.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.4%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haverhill	Salem
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	30.2%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haverhill	Salem
Drove alone	77.0%	57.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.6%
Public transit	1.7%	6.3%
Walked	1.6%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.6%	19.4%
Other means	1.4%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haverhill	Salem
1-unit, detached	41.6%	25.3%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	37.4%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	14.1%
20 or more units	10.6%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Haverhill	Salem
Poverty rate	10.6%	13.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1964	1938