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.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.80% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 percentage of people in Salisbury who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.90% of adults in Salisbury 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.