City safety & data profile

SalisburyNY

Salisbury, NY is a 12K-resident city in Nassau County with a median household income of $162,478.

Nassau County, New York. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Salisbury, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Salisbury has a population larger than 13% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $664,300.

Data updated 2026-09-03

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 14%
By size
$162,478
Median income (place)
$664,300
Median home (place)
4.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Salisbury

Salisbury posts a median household income higher than 95% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 5%
by median income, US cities

Where Salisbury income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$162,478 Top 5% higher than 95% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Salisbury $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NY

Population among 197 NY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows New York City is the largest NY city on this list; Scarsdale leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NY

Median household income among the same 197-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Scarsdale posts the highest place-level median income in NY; New York City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Salisbury, NY beyond the headline numbers

Salisbury sits inside Nassau County, New York, at roughly 40.75°N, -73.56°W. Population 12,093, $162,478 median household income. Median home value $664,300. Poverty rate 4.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.8% of Salisbury, NY residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Salisbury runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 11.2% of Salisbury workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 12.7% in Salisbury, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

13.1% of Salisbury workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 45.4 years, Salisbury's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Salisbury from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
12,093
Salisbury · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$162,478
+82% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$664,300
+61% vs avg
Median Age (place)
45.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Nassau County): Salisbury's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.4M+3%
Median Income
$146,202+50%
Median Home Value
$684,700+51%
Poverty Rate
5.4%-10%
Unemployment
4.8%-35%

Economics

Economics indicators for Salisbury, NY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
N/A/mo
Poverty Rate
4.8% -61% vs avg
Unemployment 2.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 47.5%
Work From Home 11.2%
Public Transit 13.1%

Population

White 54.5%
African American 2.1%
Asian 25.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.2%
High Blood Pressure
30.3%
Obesity
26.5%
Physical Inactivity
22%
Binge Drinking
15.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.8%
Diabetes
9.5%
Current Asthma
9.2%
Current Smoking
7.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 69.9%
Annual Checkup 82.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
5.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.1%
Stroke
2.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Salisbury?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Salisbury right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet NY-SALISBURY-NY · Salisbury

Salisbury: 8 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-LIGHT 8 on record
  • MIX-LED 88% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Central

Tagged alert mix: Salisbury

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 8 tagged notices on record for Salisbury.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Central, LA (8 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Salisbury; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New York state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (8 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Central, LA 8 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts Leicester, MA 7 alerts Albuquerque, NM 10 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Salisbury, NY? ▼
Salisbury, NY has a population of 12,093 people, located in Nassau County, New York.
What is the median household income in Salisbury? ▼
The median household income in Salisbury, NY is $162,478 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.8%.
What is the median home value in Salisbury? ▼
The median home value in Salisbury, NY is $664,300.
What are the top health concerns in Salisbury? ▼
The top health indicators in Salisbury include Short Sleep Duration (40.2%), High Blood Pressure (30.3%), Obesity (26.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Salisbury? ▼
The median age in Salisbury, NY is 45.4 years. 47.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Salisbury, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NY (4.8% here).

Eastvale, CA 4.8% Bothell, WA 4.8% Holly Springs, NC 4.8% Ballwin, MO 4.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NY ($162,478 here).

Redmond, WA $162,560 Encinitas, CA $162,229 Oakland, NJ $162,019 Cinco Ranch, TX $161,972

Compare Salisbury with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

New Cassel, NY 14K Westbury, NY 15K East Meadow, NY 38K Hicksville, NY 42K Levittown, NY 52K Jericho, NY 14K North Merrick, NY 12K Uniondale, NY 25K
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Using Salisbury's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Salisbury area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Nassau County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.