Salisbury is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 36,579 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Salisbury is the 27th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities, Salisbury isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Salisbury are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Salisbury is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salisbury who work in office and administrative support (9.70%), sales jobs (9.54%), and food service (8.49%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.74% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. The overall education level of Salisbury citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.92% of adults in Salisbury have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Salisbury in 2022 was $32,043, 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 $128,172 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 11.46% 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.
