Salisbury is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 35,808 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Salisbury is the 27th largest community in North Carolina.Salisbury is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Salisbury is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salisbury who work in management occupations (8.82%), office and administrative support (8.56%), and food service (8.19%). 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. The overall education level of Salisbury is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.53% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Salisbury in 2022 was $30,319, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,276 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 10.30% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Salisbury include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Salisbury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
