Salisbury is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 36,319 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Salisbury is the 27th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Salisbury is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Salisbury is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salisbury who work in food service (9.65%), management occupations (9.55%), and office and administrative support (8.95%). Also of interest is that Salisbury has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Salisbury telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.80% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Salisbury is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.90% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Salisbury in 2022 was $30,932, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,728 for a family of four. However, Salisbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Salisbury is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Salisbury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Salisbury residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Salisbury also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.12% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Salisbury include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Salisbury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
