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Salem town, Rockingham County, NH

30,646 Population
24.8 square miles 1,233.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rockingham County: 44.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,019 ±$2,881 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rockingham County: $59,710 ±$1,096
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$101,339 ±$5,149 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rockingham County: $113,927 ±$2,867
  • a little higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

4.7% ±1.5% (1,438  ±448) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Rockingham County: 4.8% † 15,031 (±0.5% / ±1,496)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

28 minutes ±2.4 (416,160  ±24,636) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Rockingham County: 29.1 4,142,870 (±0.6 / ±110,986)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

12,573 ±472 Number of households
  • Rockingham County: 126,588 ±777
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.4 ±0.1 (30,437  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rockingham County: 2.5 314,702 (±0 / ±56)
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

6.9% ±2.4% (437  ±157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rockingham County: 4.7% † 3,144 (±0.6% / ±430)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

13,511 ±494 Number of housing units
  • Rockingham County: 136,681 ±144
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$438,500 ±$13,212 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Rockingham County: $461,400 ±$5,496
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

8.2% ±1.8% (2,490  ±535.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rockingham County: 9% 28,273 (±0.6% / ±1,954.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

96% ±4.5% (22,462  ±1,175.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rockingham County: 96.1% 225,879 (±1.5% / ±3,518.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
39.1% ±3.1% (9,141  ±748.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rockingham County: 44.8% 105,250 (±1% / ±2,346.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

10.6% ±2.4% (3,262  ±734) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Rockingham County: 5.3% 16,655
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

6.3% ±1.3% (1,607  ±339) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rockingham County: 7.9% 20,359 (±0.4% / ±1,103)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
1,607 Total veterans ±339 1,470 Male ±330 137 Female ±99

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