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Salem city, Salem County, NJ

5,285 Population
2.3 square miles 2,254.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Salem County: 41.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$21,330 ±$2,965 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Salem County: $37,904 ±$1,035
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$35,143 ±$9,793 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Salem County: $73,378 ±$3,047
  • about one-third of the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

31.6% ±9.7% (1,662  ±511) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Salem County: 13% † 8,271 (±1.6% / ±988)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

26.8 minutes ±4.4 (42,540  ±10,018) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Salem County: 26.6 698,120 (±0.8 / ±30,540)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

2,172 ±199 Number of households
  • Salem County: 24,744 ±321
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.4 ±0.2 (5,261  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Salem County: 2.6 63,378 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

7.5% ±7.8% (90  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Salem County: 5.4% † 735 (±1.6% / ±220)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

2,850 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Salem County: 27,739 ±56
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$65,100 ±$4,306 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Salem County: $208,200 ±$7,413
  • less than a fifth of the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

17.7% ±8.2% (899  ±,414.9) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Salem County: 9.1% † 5,813 (±1.1% / ±,693.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

80.6% ±7.9% (2,715  ±,318.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Salem County: 90.2% 40,866 (±2.7% / ±1,229.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
11.3% ±3.5% (380  ±,118.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Salem County: 22.8% 10,320 (±1.4% / ±,644.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

2.3% ±1.1% (120  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Salem County: 3.3% 2,118
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

4.9% ±2.3% (181  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Salem County: 6.6% 3,376 (±0.6% / ±307)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
181 Total veterans ±87 157 Male ±82 24 Female ±24

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