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Salem, AR

2,727 Population
3.1 square miles 867 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.1 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$40,850 ±$6,919 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $37,678 ±$593
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$79,692 ±$16,819 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $65,309 ±$1,296
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

2.5% ±2% (69  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 14.2% 104,810 (±0.6% / ±4,437)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

22.4 minutes ±8.4 (25,825  ±6,077) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 23.4 7,455,115 (±0.3 / ±138,625)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

1,168 ±231 Number of households
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 306,520 ±1,415
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.3 ±0.1 (2,727  ±557) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 2.4 738,189 (±0 / ±166)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,168 ±231 Number of housing units
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 340,840 ±152
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$192,000 ±$27,618 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $199,300 ±$3,158
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

19.5% ±7.9% (532  ±241.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 12.1% 90,470 (±0.6% / ±4,080.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

95% ±26.9% (2,236  ±445.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 92.2% 466,560 (±1.1% / ±5,403.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
28.3% ±7.9% (667  ±228.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 32.9% 166,396 (±0.6% / ±3,228)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

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

3.5% ±3.9% (95  ±108) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 4.6% 34,779
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

2.8% ±2% (68  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 8.2% 47,028 (±0.3% / ±1,462)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
68 Total veterans ±51 68 Male ±51 N/A Female ±13

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