Rockport vs Salisbury

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

Rockport 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 4,795 in Rockport). Salisbury has the higher median household income ($93,052 vs $86,250 in Rockport). Rockport has the higher median home value ($694,300 vs $441,500 in Salisbury).

Population, income & housing

	Rockport	Salisbury
Population	4,795	5,735
Median age	61.5 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$93,052
Median home value	$694,300	$441,500
Median gross rent	$1,848	$1,737
Housing units	3,170	3,721
Homeownership rate	68.8%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockport	Salisbury
Population	5,260 → 4,795 (-8.8%)	5,131 → 5,735 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$81,765 → $86,250 (+5.5%)	$78,787 → $93,052 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$563,900 → $694,300 (+23.1%)	$359,900 → $441,500 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,352 → $1,848 (+36.7%)	$1,440 → $1,737 (+20.6%)

Rockport

Population

5,2604,795

Median household income

$81,765$86,250

Median home value

$563,900$694,300

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,848

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)

	Rockport	Salisbury
Under 5	3.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	6.7%	8.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	5.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	29.1%	16.6%
75 and over	13.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockport	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockport	Salisbury
No high school diploma	3.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	11.8%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.9%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockport	Salisbury
Drove alone	65.8%	75.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.9%
Public transit	2.6%	0.8%
Walked	4.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	17.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockport	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	69.0%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	23.4%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockport	Salisbury
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1951	1981