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Salem, WV

1,812 Population
1.3 square miles 1,354.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±5.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 42.9 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$20,352 ±$2,658 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: $33,398 ±$1,028
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$43,690 ±$12,139 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: $58,376 ±$1,563
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

16.6% ±3.8% (251  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 13.8% † 12,040 (±1.5% / ±1,284)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

21.1 minutes ±1.4 (16,865  ±5,926) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 23.4 822,210 (±0.9 / ±40,023)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

642 ±117 Number of households
  • the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 35,067 ±571
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.3 ±0.3 (1,502  ±335) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 2.5 87,093 (±0 / ±45)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

5.1% ±6.7% (20  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 5.9% † 1,100 (±1.4% / ±256)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

796 ±124 Number of housing units
  • the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 41,225 ±46
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$77,200 ±$8,988 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: $156,000 ±$5,881
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

22.6% ±10.1% (403  ±195.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 10.9% † 9,702 (±1.4% / ±1,200.8)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

88.7% ±29.7% (1,040  ±225.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 87.8% 56,696 (±2.3% / ±1,485.9)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
18.2% ±4.1% (214  ±72.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 23.1% 14,922 (±1.3% / ±842.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

2.7% ±3.1% (49  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 1% 882
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

3.8% ±1.6% (59  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 8.1% 5,725 (±0.7% / ±523)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
59 Total veterans ±28 56 Male ±28 3 Female ±5

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