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Salem, MO

4,677 Population
3.5 square miles 1,344.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Dent County: 43.5 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,524 ±$5,835 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Dent County: $29,909 ±$2,579
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,923 ±$8,132 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dent County: $56,312 ±$4,171
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.1% ±3% (507  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dent County: 12.2% † 1,756 (±2.1% / ±303)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.3 minutes ±2.7 (25,090  ±6,045) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Dent County: 21 109,175 (±1.4 / ±10,648)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,966 ±177 Number of households
  • Dent County: 5,618 ±255
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (4,550  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dent County: 2.6 14,345 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±5.6% (59  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dent County: 4.4% † 122 (±2.6% / ±74)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,367 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Dent County: 6,822 ±25
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,000 ±$17,238 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Dent County: $167,500 ±$13,322
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±4.6% (466  ±210.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dent County: 8.8% † 1,257 (±2.4% / ±343.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.8% ±11.4% (2,741  ±393.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dent County: 83.6% 8,581 (±5.4% / ±555.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.1% ±4.3% (495  ±141.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dent County: 16.5% † 1,690 (±2.6% / ±262.2)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.4% ±0.5% (19  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dent County: 1.9% 282
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±4.6% (377  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dent County: 11.4% † 1,279 (±2.6% / ±291)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
377 Total veterans ±168 308 Male ±155 69 Female ±62

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