Cost of living in Salisbury, Maryland
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,318 a month.
Salisbury is a city in Maryland. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $58,576 a year.
- People
- 33,285
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,318
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $58,576
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $227,300
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,428
- Salisbury, MD HUD Metro FMR Area
Salisbury, Maryland has about 33,285 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $227,300.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Wicomico County is $1,428 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Salisbury. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Salisbury, MD metro area, prices sit at 95.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Maryland taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Salisbury's exact store tax.
Some places in Maryland add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 2.40% of income. That is not a Salisbury bill.
In July 2026, a typical Maryland home paid 21.41¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Salisbury's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Maryland in the table we use.
Among 293 places we list in Maryland with a rent figure, 241 have higher typical rent than Salisbury.
Nearby places
- Fruitland
Typical rent $1,586
Compare with Salisbury - Delmar
Typical rent $1,607
Compare with Salisbury - Hebron
Typical rent $1,556
Compare with Salisbury - Delmar
Typical rent $906
Compare with Salisbury - Pittsville
Typical rent $1,031
Compare with Salisbury - Willards
Typical rent $1,460
Compare with Salisbury - Princess Anne
Typical rent $1,048
Compare with Salisbury - Laurel
Typical rent $1,056
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Maryland
Bigger places in Maryland
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.