Ipswich vs Salisbury

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

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

Salisbury has the higher population (5,735 vs 4,806 in Ipswich). Salisbury has the higher median household income ($93,052 vs $92,969 in Ipswich). Ipswich has the higher median home value ($570,500 vs $441,500 in Salisbury).

Population, income & housing

	Ipswich	Salisbury
Population	4,806	5,735
Median age	42.3 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,969	$93,052
Median home value	$570,500	$441,500
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,737
Housing units	2,188	3,721
Homeownership rate	58.2%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ipswich	Salisbury
Population	4,699 → 4,806 (+2.3%)	5,131 → 5,735 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$65,893 → $92,969 (+41.1%)	$78,787 → $93,052 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$418,100 → $570,500 (+36.5%)	$359,900 → $441,500 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,090 → $1,456 (+33.6%)	$1,440 → $1,737 (+20.6%)

Ipswich

Population

4,6994,806

Median household income

$65,893$92,969

Median home value

$418,100$570,500

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,456

Salisbury

Population

5,1315,735

Median household income

$78,787$93,052

Median home value

$359,900$441,500

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ipswich	Salisbury
Under 5	3.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	8.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	17.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	16.6%
75 and over	5.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ipswich	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	85.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ipswich	Salisbury
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	15.3%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ipswich	Salisbury
Drove alone	72.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	5.9%
Public transit	2.3%	0.8%
Walked	6.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	17.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ipswich	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	41.9%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	23.4%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Ipswich	Salisbury
Poverty rate	5.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1938	1981