Salisbury vs Sumner

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

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

Salisbury has the higher population (1,629 vs 69 in Sumner). Salisbury has the higher median household income ($53,144 vs $48,750 in Sumner). Salisbury has the higher median home value ($90,900 vs $82,500 in Sumner).

Population, income & housing

	Salisbury	Sumner
Population	1,629	69
Median age	36.5 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,144	$48,750
Median home value	$90,900	$82,500
Median gross rent	$623	—
Housing units	826	67
Homeownership rate	73.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salisbury	Sumner
Population	1,754 → 1,629 (-7.1%)	131 → 69 (-47.3%)
Median household income	$41,422 → $53,144 (+28.3%)	$47,500 → $48,750 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $90,900 (+17.6%)	$55,000 → $82,500 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $623 (+11.6%)	—

Salisbury

Population

1,7541,629

Median household income

$41,422$53,144

Median home value

$77,300$90,900

Median gross rent

$558$623

Sumner

Population

13169

Median household income

$47,500$48,750

Median home value

$55,000$82,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salisbury	Sumner
Under 5	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	26.1%
75 and over	12.0%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salisbury	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	92.8%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salisbury	Sumner
No high school diploma	9.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	38.4%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salisbury	Sumner
Drove alone	75.5%	85.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salisbury	Sumner
1-unit, detached	84.5%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	44.8%

Poverty & households

	Salisbury	Sumner
Poverty rate	18.8%	4.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	41
Median year structure built	1964	1971