Lynnfield vs Salisbury

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

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

Lynnfield has the higher population (12,964 vs 5,735 in Salisbury). Lynnfield has the higher median household income ($172,484 vs $93,052 in Salisbury). Lynnfield has the higher median home value ($904,200 vs $441,500 in Salisbury).

Population, income & housing

	Lynnfield	Salisbury
Population	12,964	5,735
Median age	41.0 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$172,484	$93,052
Median home value	$904,200	$441,500
Median gross rent	$2,333	$1,737
Housing units	4,788	3,721
Homeownership rate	86.5%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.1%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynnfield	Salisbury
Population	12,894 → 12,964 (+0.5%)	5,131 → 5,735 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$128,641 → $172,484 (+34.1%)	$78,787 → $93,052 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$670,700 → $904,200 (+34.8%)	$359,900 → $441,500 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $2,333 (+39.8%)	$1,440 → $1,737 (+20.6%)

Lynnfield

Population

12,89412,964

Median household income

$128,641$172,484

Median home value

$670,700$904,200

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,333

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)

	Lynnfield	Salisbury
Under 5	6.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.6%	8.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	16.6%
75 and over	8.2%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynnfield	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynnfield	Salisbury
No high school diploma	2.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	17.2%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	30.3%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynnfield	Salisbury
Drove alone	68.4%	75.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.8%
Walked	0.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	17.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynnfield	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	80.9%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	23.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	8.4%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lynnfield	Salisbury
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1965	1981