Inwood vs Salisbury

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

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

Salisbury has the higher population (13,388 vs 11,964 in Inwood). Salisbury has the higher median household income ($173,808 vs $79,500 in Inwood). Salisbury has the higher median home value ($639,800 vs $610,600 in Inwood).

Population, income & housing

	Inwood	Salisbury
Population	11,964	13,388
Median age	30.7 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,500	$173,808
Median home value	$610,600	$639,800
Median gross rent	$1,938	$1,646
Housing units	3,231	4,418
Homeownership rate	47.7%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inwood	Salisbury
Population	9,892 → 11,964 (+20.9%)	12,133 → 13,388 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$57,723 → $79,500 (+37.7%)	$130,688 → $173,808 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$421,900 → $610,600 (+44.7%)	$471,800 → $639,800 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,938 (+28.4%)	$1,631 → $1,646 (+0.9%)

Inwood

Population

9,89211,964

Median household income

$57,723$79,500

Median home value

$421,900$610,600

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,938

Salisbury

Population

12,13313,388

Median household income

$130,688$173,808

Median home value

$471,800$639,800

Median gross rent

$1,631$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inwood	Salisbury
Under 5	9.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	20.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	17.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	10.4%
75 and over	5.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inwood	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	27.6%	51.2%
Black or African American	15.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	21.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.8%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	48.1%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inwood	Salisbury
No high school diploma	26.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	25.8%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inwood	Salisbury
Drove alone	44.6%	65.0%
Carpooled	18.8%	9.1%
Public transit	16.6%	12.5%
Walked	8.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	9.4%
Other means	2.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inwood	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	45.9%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	3.8%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Inwood	Salisbury
Poverty rate	14.3%	3.3%
Average household size	3.92	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1953	1955