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Salem, AR

1,620 Population
2.4 square miles 671.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±10.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fulton County: 47.6 ±1.2
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,627 ±$3,752 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fulton County: $23,947 ±$1,815
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,833 ±$13,568 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Fulton County: $42,241 † ±$4,338
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.1% ±11.5% (450  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fulton County: 18% † 2,190 (±4.4% / ±531)
  • nearly double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.1 minutes ±2.1 (13,375  ±4,099) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Fulton County: 28.2 † 105,665 (±2.9 / ±15,302)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

566 ±108 Number of households
  • Fulton County: 4,757 ±242
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.7 (1,534  ±263) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Fulton County: 2.6 12,144 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±4.5% (12  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fulton County: 5.4% † 117 (±4.4% / ±96)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

695 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Fulton County: 6,225 ±29
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,900 ±$13,827 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fulton County: $113,800 ±$7,151
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±4.5% (149  ±77.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Fulton County: 12.2% † 1,488 (±3.4% / ±417.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±21.6% (1,031  ±169.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fulton County: 88.3% 7,990 (±6.4% / ±576.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.7% ±5.1% (131  ±60.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Fulton County: 16% † 1,444 (±3.2% / ±291.7)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about one-third 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

0.3% ±0.4% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Fulton County: 0.6% 72
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±3.5% (99  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fulton County: 9% † 876 (±1.9% / ±188)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
99 Total veterans ±45 99 Male ±45 N/A Female ±13

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