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Salem, AR

2,642 Population
3.1 square miles 846.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.8 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,884 ±$5,063 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $38,553 ±$580
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,750 ±$26,726 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $67,154 ±$1,069
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.4% ±2.1% (63  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 14.3% 105,816 (±0.6% / ±4,372)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.4 minutes ±12.2 (24,925  ±8,504) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 23.4 7,397,990 (±0.3 / ±128,316)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,120 ±242 Number of households
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 311,547 ±1,828
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (2,642  ±630) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 2.4 743,013 (±0 / ±165)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,120 ±242 Number of housing units
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 343,805 ±236
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$202,100 ±$58,655 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $214,100 ±$3,365
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.8% ±8.1% (496  ±244.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 12.1% 90,439 (±0.5% / ±3,894.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±28.6% (2,181  ±418.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 92.3% 471,555 (±1.1% / ±5,645.1)
  • 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)
25.7% ±6.7% (595  ±207.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 33.7% 172,030 (±0.7% / ±3,355.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

5.9% ±4.8% (155  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 4.8% 36,531
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±2.1% (99  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 8% 46,324 (±0.3% / ±1,433)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
99 Total veterans ±55 99 Male ±55 N/A Female ±13

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