Salisbury vs Topsfield

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

Salisbury and Topsfield 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 2,573 in Topsfield). Topsfield has the higher median household income ($169,468 vs $93,052 in Salisbury). Topsfield has the higher median home value ($793,300 vs $441,500 in Salisbury).

Population, income & housing

	Salisbury	Topsfield
Population	5,735	2,573
Median age	48.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,052	$169,468
Median home value	$441,500	$793,300
Median gross rent	$1,737	$866
Housing units	3,721	942
Homeownership rate	69.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	65.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salisbury	Topsfield
Population	5,131 → 5,735 (+11.8%)	3,216 → 2,573 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$78,787 → $93,052 (+18.1%)	$135,444 → $169,468 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$359,900 → $441,500 (+22.7%)	$578,600 → $793,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,440 → $1,737 (+20.6%)	$850 → $866 (+1.9%)

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

Topsfield

Population

3,2162,573

Median household income

$135,444$169,468

Median home value

$578,600$793,300

Median gross rent

$850$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salisbury	Topsfield
Under 5	3.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	8.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	12.0%
75 and over	12.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salisbury	Topsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	82.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salisbury	Topsfield
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	20.9%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salisbury	Topsfield
Drove alone	75.1%	76.6%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.8%	1.5%
Walked	0.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	12.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salisbury	Topsfield
1-unit, detached	43.6%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	7.5%
20 or more units	11.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Salisbury	Topsfield
Poverty rate	5.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1981	1962