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Salem, WV

1,629 Population
1.3 square miles 1,217.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±6.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 43 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,304 ±$4,539 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: $34,628 ±$1,134
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,529 ±$14,698 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: $59,928 ±$1,905
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.8% ±4.4% (226  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 14.3% † 12,368 (±1.4% / ±1,244)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±0.9 (12,965  ±5,627) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 23.8 813,490 (±1.1 / ±43,433)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

578 ±136 Number of households
  • the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 35,511 ±514
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (1,340  ±349) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 2.4 86,670 (±0 / ±25)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.6% ±2.4% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 6.6% † 1,228 (±1.7% / ±322)
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

735 ±138 Number of housing units
  • the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 41,205 ±53
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$77,800 ±$16,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: $162,800 ±$5,394
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.3% ±9.4% (309  ±164.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 8.1% † 7,128 (±1% / ±865)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.9% ±33% (900  ±213) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 89% 57,241 (±2.4% / ±1,577.3)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.9% ±4.1% (144  ±60.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 24.7% 15,916 (±1.4% / ±874.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • 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

2.5% ±3.1% (41  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 1.1% 971
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±1.8% (62  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Clarksburg, WV Micro Area: 7.4% † 5,245 (±0.8% / ±547)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
62 Total veterans ±29 60 Male ±28 2 Female ±3

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