Nahant vs Salisbury

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

Nahant 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 3,328 in Nahant). Nahant has the higher median household income ($111,004 vs $93,052 in Salisbury). Nahant has the higher median home value ($686,000 vs $441,500 in Salisbury).

Population, income & housing

	Nahant	Salisbury
Population	3,328	5,735
Median age	58.6 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,004	$93,052
Median home value	$686,000	$441,500
Median gross rent	$1,790	$1,737
Housing units	1,810	3,721
Homeownership rate	84.2%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nahant	Salisbury
Population	3,502 → 3,328 (-5.0%)	5,131 → 5,735 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$97,778 → $111,004 (+13.5%)	$78,787 → $93,052 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$625,400 → $686,000 (+9.7%)	$359,900 → $441,500 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,473 → $1,790 (+21.5%)	$1,440 → $1,737 (+20.6%)

Nahant

Population

3,5023,328

Median household income

$97,778$111,004

Median home value

$625,400$686,000

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,790

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)

	Nahant	Salisbury
Under 5	5.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	6.6%	8.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	22.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	21.8%	16.6%
75 and over	10.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nahant	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nahant	Salisbury
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	20.7%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nahant	Salisbury
Drove alone	69.3%	75.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	5.9%
Public transit	3.4%	0.8%
Walked	5.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	17.4%
Other means	2.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nahant	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	76.2%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	23.4%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	7.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Nahant	Salisbury
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.04	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1938	1981