Cambridge vs Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge and Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cambridge has the higher population (2,341 vs 914 in Salem). Salem has the higher median household income ($76,993 vs $73,805 in Cambridge). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $160,900 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Salem
Population	2,341	914
Median age	50.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,805	$76,993
Median home value	$184,200	$160,900
Median gross rent	$1,063	$893
Housing units	1,133	466
Homeownership rate	78.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Salem
Population	1,976 → 2,341 (+18.5%)	791 → 914 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$51,295 → $73,805 (+43.9%)	$58,942 → $76,993 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $184,200 (+19.9%)	$116,000 → $160,900 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,063 (+36.5%)	$860 → $893 (+3.8%)

Cambridge

Population

1,9762,341

Median household income

$51,295$73,805

Median home value

$153,600$184,200

Median gross rent

$779$1,063

Salem

Population

791914

Median household income

$58,942$76,993

Median home value

$116,000$160,900

Median gross rent

$860$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Salem
Under 5	2.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	6.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	3.3%	27.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	18.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	18.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	6.2%
75 and over	10.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	85.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Salem
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	30.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Salem
Drove alone	71.3%	87.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	16.1%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Salem
1-unit, detached	64.8%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Salem
Poverty rate	11.0%	3.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938