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Salem township, Westmoreland County, PA

6,059 Population
47.1 square miles 128.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.8 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Westmoreland County: 47.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,901 ±$4,135 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Westmoreland County: $42,132 ±$740
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$80,474 ±$14,590 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Westmoreland County: $72,468 ±$1,522
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

6.2% ±3.3% (373  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Westmoreland County: 10% 34,698 (±0.6% / ±1,984)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

23.1 minutes ±4.7 (61,640  ±15,352) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Westmoreland County: 27.1 4,038,455 (±0.4 / ±84,470)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,782 ±212 Number of households
  • Westmoreland County: 154,385 ±899
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.2 (6,054  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Westmoreland County: 2.2 345,888 (±0 / ±98)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.5% ±4.2% (45  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Westmoreland County: 5.6% † 3,845 (±0.7% / ±470)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,091 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Westmoreland County: 168,406 ±123
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$163,100 ±$21,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Westmoreland County: $193,100 ±$2,368
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.1% ±2.7% (244  ±159.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Westmoreland County: 8% 27,982 (±0.5% / ±1,821.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96.5% ±8.9% (4,598  ±510.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Westmoreland County: 95.4% 251,175 (±1.3% / ±3,356)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
23.4% ±5.7% (1,113  ±281.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Westmoreland County: 31.8% 83,845 (±0.7% / ±1,942.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

0.6% ±0.6% (36  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Westmoreland County: 1.8% 6,287
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

9.5% ±2.9% (490  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 7.8% 22,357 (±0.4% / ±1,043)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
490 Total veterans ±150 455 Male ±148 35 Female ±43

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