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Salem, OH

11,758 Population
6.4 square miles 1,828.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 44.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,259 ±$4,234 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Salem, OH Micro Area: $33,491 ±$1,379
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,073 ±$7,554 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Salem, OH Micro Area: $58,180 ±$1,778
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.3% ±6.2% (2,436  ±710) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 15.2% 14,740 (±1.4% / ±1,366)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.6 minutes ±3 (116,585  ±19,264) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 24.6 1,037,645 (±1.1 / ±53,209)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,141 ±273 Number of households
  • the Salem, OH Micro Area: 41,459 ±607
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (11,447  ±44) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 2.4 97,532 (±0 / ±91)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±3.5% (170  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,301 (±1.4% / ±272)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,756 ±337 Number of housing units
  • the Salem, OH Micro Area: 46,121 ±106
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$119,400 ±$12,606 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Salem, OH Micro Area: $151,600 ±$5,566
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±3.2% (1,269  ±376.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 10% † 9,952 (±1.2% / ±1,160.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±8% (7,138  ±746.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 89.8% 65,556 (±2.5% / ±1,822.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.8% ±4.8% (1,666  ±413) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 17.1% 12,465 (±1.2% / ±884.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about three-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

1.6% ±1.6% (186  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 1% 969
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.1% (620  ±210) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salem, OH Micro Area: 8.5% 6,806 (±0.8% / ±638)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
620 Total veterans ±210 620 Male ±210 N/A Female ±20

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