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Salem town, Washington County, NY

2,611 Population
52.4 square miles 49.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington County: 45.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,423 ±$6,485 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Washington County: $36,806 ±$1,260
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,398 ±$12,074 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington County: $73,495 ±$2,497
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±6.4% (458  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 10.7% † 6,203 (±1.4% / ±808)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.4 minutes ±8.8 (26,615  ±5,013) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 26.9 678,660 (±1 / ±31,550)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,137 ±98 Number of households
  • Washington County: 24,469 ±424
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,573  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Washington County: 2.4 57,718 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±6.7% (58  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 5.9% † 688 (±1.7% / ±197)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,443 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 29,192 ±70
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$196,000 ±$26,165 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Washington County: $196,200 ±$6,240
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±4.6% (198  ±117.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington County: 10.5% † 6,268 (±1.5% / ±900.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±12.5% (1,910  ±274.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington County: 90.2% 40,910 (±2.8% / ±1,250.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.9% ±7.7% (640  ±158.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington County: 22.4% 10,152 (±1.4% / ±652.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.7% ±0.7% (18  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Washington County: 3.2% 1,924
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±2.8% (142  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington County: 8.1% † 3,973 (±0.8% / ±416)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
142 Total veterans ±62 124 Male ±61 18 Female ±20

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