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Salem, MO

4,673 Population
3.5 square miles 1,343.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Dent County: 43.8 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,636 ±$4,284 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dent County: $27,470 ±$2,032
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$39,200 ±$5,659 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Dent County: $54,306 ±$3,496
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

16.6% ±6% (760  ±274) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dent County: 14.3% † 2,046 (±2.8% / ±401)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

16.8 minutes ±3.4 (28,375  ±7,503) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Dent County: 21.9 120,130 (±1.3 / ±11,045)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

1,936 ±197 Number of households
  • Dent County: 5,675 ±257
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0.2 (4,550  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dent County: 2.5 14,316 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

5.8% ±5.2% (65  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dent County: 5% † 139 (±2.8% / ±79)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

2,325 ±166 Number of housing units
  • Dent County: 6,834 ±21
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$97,200 ±$15,279 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dent County: $149,700 † ±$23,216
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

11% ±4.7% (503  ±216.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dent County: 8.8% † 1,262 (±2.1% / ±302.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

83.5% ±10.6% (2,630  ±371) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dent County: 85.6% 8,785 (±5.6% / ±575.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
17.2% ±5.5% (543  ±175.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dent County: 18.1% † 1,859 (±2.7% / ±279)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

0.4% ±0.4% (17  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dent County: 1.8% 267
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

10.2% ±4.8% (365  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dent County: 12% † 1,350 (±2.4% / ±269)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
365 Total veterans ±172 305 Male ±154 60 Female ±62

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