Lynn vs Salem

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

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

Lynn has the higher population (100,905 vs 44,241 in Salem). Salem has the higher median household income ($85,137 vs $74,715 in Lynn). Salem has the higher median home value ($497,400 vs $472,600 in Lynn).

Population, income & housing

	Lynn	Salem
Population	100,905	44,241
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,715	$85,137
Median home value	$472,600	$497,400
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,800
Housing units	37,849	21,000
Homeownership rate	50.4%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynn	Salem
Population	93,743 → 100,905 (+7.6%)	43,252 → 44,241 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$56,181 → $74,715 (+33.0%)	$68,808 → $85,137 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$323,100 → $472,600 (+46.3%)	$367,200 → $497,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,189 → $1,612 (+35.6%)	$1,289 → $1,800 (+39.6%)

Lynn

Population

93,743100,905

Median household income

$56,181$74,715

Median home value

$323,100$472,600

Median gross rent

$1,189$1,612

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)

	Lynn	Salem
Under 5	6.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.1%
75 and over	5.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynn	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	67.6%
Black or African American	10.3%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.9%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynn	Salem
No high school diploma	21.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	31.4%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynn	Salem
Drove alone	67.4%	57.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.6%
Public transit	7.3%	6.3%
Walked	2.4%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.6%	19.4%
Other means	4.5%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynn	Salem
1-unit, detached	37.3%	25.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	30.7%	37.4%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	14.1%
20 or more units	17.6%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lynn	Salem
Poverty rate	13.7%	13.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1945	1938