Cairnbrook vs Salisbury

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

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

Salisbury has the higher population (594 vs 469 in Cairnbrook). Salisbury has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $55,938 in Cairnbrook). Salisbury has the higher median home value ($158,600 vs $83,300 in Cairnbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Cairnbrook	Salisbury
Population	469	594
Median age	36.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,938	$74,583
Median home value	$83,300	$158,600
Median gross rent	$772	$696
Housing units	211	364
Homeownership rate	81.4%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.4%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairnbrook	Salisbury
Population	559 → 469 (-16.1%)	771 → 594 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $55,938 (+16.2%)	$52,857 → $74,583 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $83,300 (+12.0%)	$116,900 → $158,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $772 (+13.2%)	$554 → $696 (+25.6%)

Cairnbrook

Population

559469

Median household income

$48,125$55,938

Median home value

$74,400$83,300

Median gross rent

$682$772

Salisbury

Population

771594

Median household income

$52,857$74,583

Median home value

$116,900$158,600

Median gross rent

$554$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairnbrook	Salisbury
Under 5	1.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	30.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	19.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.6%
75 and over	6.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairnbrook	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	11.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairnbrook	Salisbury
No high school diploma	11.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	66.6%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairnbrook	Salisbury
Drove alone	95.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairnbrook	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	80.1%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Cairnbrook	Salisbury
Poverty rate	16.8%	6.1%
Average household size	3.01	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1938	1949