Salisbury Mills vs Sparrow Bush

A side-by-side comparison of Salisbury Mills and Sparrow Bush: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sparrow Bush has the higher population (1,178 vs 279 in Salisbury Mills). Salisbury Mills has the higher median household income ($170,451 vs $55,820 in Sparrow Bush). Salisbury Mills has the higher median home value ($559,000 vs $215,300 in Sparrow Bush).

Population, income & housing

	Salisbury Mills	Sparrow Bush
Population	279	1,178
Median age	50.2 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$170,451	$55,820
Median home value	$559,000	$215,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,325
Housing units	93	596
Homeownership rate	87.1%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salisbury Mills	Sparrow Bush
Population	301 → 279 (-7.3%)	1,067 → 1,178 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$121,875 → $170,451 (+39.9%)	$45,033 → $55,820 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$288,800 → $559,000 (+93.6%)	$167,100 → $215,300 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$999 → $1,325 (+32.6%)

Salisbury Mills

Population

301279

Median household income

$121,875$170,451

Median home value

$288,800$559,000

Sparrow Bush

Population

1,0671,178

Median household income

$45,033$55,820

Median home value

$167,100$215,300

Median gross rent

$999$1,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salisbury Mills	Sparrow Bush
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	2.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	17.2%	5.9%
45 to 54	22.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	3.9%	24.6%
75 and over	9.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salisbury Mills	Sparrow Bush
White (non-Hispanic)	53.0%	67.6%
Black or African American	12.9%	15.2%
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	0.0%	16.4%
Hispanic or Latino	34.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salisbury Mills	Sparrow Bush
No high school diploma	13.0%	14.5%
High school graduate	13.4%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salisbury Mills	Sparrow Bush
Drove alone	96.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salisbury Mills	Sparrow Bush
1-unit, detached	87.1%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Salisbury Mills	Sparrow Bush
Poverty rate	6.5%	1.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1987	1965