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Salem township, Henry County, IA

811 Population
36.5 square miles 22.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±10.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Henry County: 41.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,700 ±$11,781 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Henry County: $33,208 ±$1,734
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,750 ±$26,269 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Henry County: $67,436 ±$5,231
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10% ±4.7% (81  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Henry County: 12% † 2,202 (±1.9% / ±352)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.9 minutes ±4 (10,580  ±3,374) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Henry County: 19.6 170,665 (±1.5 / ±14,906)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

340 ±62 Number of households
  • Henry County: 7,644 ±226
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (811  ±171) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Henry County: 2.4 18,355 (±0.1 / ±100)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±4.2% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Henry County: 6.1% † 238 (±2.5% / ±97)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

374 ±62 Number of housing units
  • Henry County: 8,445 ±73
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$94,300 ±$43,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Henry County: $164,300 ±$6,901
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±4.3% (63  ±37.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Henry County: 12.7% † 2,512 (±1.8% / ±354.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±8.3% (544  ±102.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Henry County: 91.7% 12,710 (±4.3% / ±595.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.3% ±5.2% (59  ±31.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Henry County: 23% † 3,182 (±2.5% / ±347.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.9% ±1% (7  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Henry County: 2% 409
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.1% ±5.6% (98  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Henry County: 7% † 1,112 (±1.1% / ±179)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
98 Total veterans ±38 87 Male ±35 11 Female ±12

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