Salisbury is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 24,159 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Salisbury is the 53rd largest community in Maryland.

Salisbury is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Salisbury is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Salisbury who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.99%), sales jobs (10.19%), and food service (9.43%).

In addition, Salisbury is a college town. There are a lot of students in Salisbury attending college, and as a result Salisbury provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Salisbury are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One of the benefits of Salisbury is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.02 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Salisbury is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. Taxis helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Salisbury area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Salisbury Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Salisbury who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.14% of adults in Salisbury have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Salisbury in 2000 was $15,228, which is low income relative to Maryland, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $60,912 for a family of four.

Salisbury is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Salisbury home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Salisbury is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Salisbury include English, Irish, German, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Salisbury is English. Some people also speak Spanish.