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Salem township, Sedgwick County, KS

9,499 Population
31.9 square miles 297.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sedgwick County: 36 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,043 ±$3,927 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sedgwick County: $37,825 ±$918
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,651 ±$9,948 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sedgwick County: $69,365 ±$1,409
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.6% ±4.1% (1,085  ±383) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sedgwick County: 13.9% 72,311 (±0.8% / ±4,031)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±2.6 (99,540  ±14,488) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sedgwick County: 19.3 4,489,065 (±0.3 / ±88,270)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,821 ±273 Number of households
  • Sedgwick County: 206,768 ±1,311
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (9,499  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sedgwick County: 2.5 519,129 (±0 / ±87)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10% ±4.3% (187  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sedgwick County: 5.7% † 7,127 (±0.6% / ±780)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,966 ±295 Number of housing units
  • Sedgwick County: 227,638 ±171
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,100 ±$15,178 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sedgwick County: $203,300 ±$3,353
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.9% ±6.6% (1,768  ±612.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sedgwick County: 14.8% 77,210 (±0.6% / ±3,339.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±10.3% (5,945  ±720.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sedgwick County: 89.5% 310,430 (±1.2% / ±4,227.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.4% ±5.7% (1,404  ±364) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sedgwick County: 32.1% 111,197 (±0.7% / ±2,319.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.3% ±1.8% (409  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Sedgwick County: 8.6% 45,286
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12% ±3.6% (854  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sedgwick County: 6.9% 26,943 (±0.3% / ±1,064)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
854 Total veterans ±261 853 Male ±260 1 Female ±2

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