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Salem, OH

11,805 Population
6.4 square miles 1,835.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 44.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,659 ±$3,004 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salem, OH Micro Area: $32,265 ±$1,121
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$50,250 ±$7,164 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Salem, OH Micro Area: $58,474 ±$2,811
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

19.2% ±5.6% (2,198  ±637) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 13.9% † 13,547 (±1.5% / ±1,442)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

21.9 minutes ±2.8 (124,695  ±19,495) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 24.6 1,059,610 (±1 / ±52,926)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

5,109 ±274 Number of households
  • the Salem, OH Micro Area: 41,375 ±550
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.3 ±0.1 (11,492  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 2.4 97,883 (±0 / ±102)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

5.5% ±3.9% (150  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 6.1% † 1,191 (±1.2% / ±242)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

5,753 ±289 Number of housing units
  • the Salem, OH Micro Area: 46,133 ±79
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$117,400 ±$8,511 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Salem, OH Micro Area: $139,100 ±$7,387
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

13.6% ±4.1% (1,593  ±477.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 10.1% † 10,082 (±1.1% / ±1,055.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

87.2% ±7.4% (7,340  ±691.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 89.7% 65,700 (±2.5% / ±1,807.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
19.8% ±4.5% (1,666  ±382.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 16% 11,747 (±1.1% / ±832.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

1.5% ±0.9% (182  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 0.9% 878
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

6.8% ±1.9% (661  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 9.1% 7,344 (±0.7% / ±592)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
661 Total veterans ±187 659 Male ±187 2 Female ±7

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