Garrett vs Salisbury

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

Garrett 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 429 in Garrett). Salisbury has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $55,893 in Garrett). Salisbury has the higher median home value ($158,600 vs $81,700 in Garrett).

Population, income & housing

	Garrett	Salisbury
Population	429	594
Median age	45.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,893	$74,583
Median home value	$81,700	$158,600
Median gross rent	$1,047	$696
Housing units	183	364
Homeownership rate	89.7%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrett	Salisbury
Population	400 → 429 (+7.2%)	771 → 594 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $55,893 (+27.8%)	$52,857 → $74,583 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$67,700 → $81,700 (+20.7%)	$116,900 → $158,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,047 (+14.7%)	$554 → $696 (+25.6%)

Garrett

Population

400429

Median household income

$43,750$55,893

Median home value

$67,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$913$1,047

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)

	Garrett	Salisbury
Under 5	3.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	11.3%
25 to 34	6.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	18.6%	11.6%
75 and over	4.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrett	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrett	Salisbury
No high school diploma	14.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	68.3%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrett	Salisbury
Drove alone	86.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrett	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	60.7%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Garrett	Salisbury
Poverty rate	10.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1944	1949