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Salem township, Pasquotank County, NC

1,536 Population
42 square miles 36.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±10.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pasquotank County: 39.6 ±0.9
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,246 ±$13,911 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pasquotank County: $33,719 ±$2,236
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,250 ±$26,641 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pasquotank County: $66,589 † ±$7,087
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.7% ±13.8% (318  ±223) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Pasquotank County: 11% † 4,224 (±2% / ±783)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.5 minutes ±9.3 (16,835  ±7,514) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pasquotank County: 28 459,230 (±1.5 / ±34,726)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

627 ±137 Number of households
  • Pasquotank County: 15,785 ±384
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (1,536  ±338) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pasquotank County: 2.4 38,592 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

627 ±137 Number of housing units
  • Pasquotank County: 17,721 ±79
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$302,500 ±$125,059 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pasquotank County: $234,600 ±$12,440
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.7% ±1.9% (11  ±29.6) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pasquotank County: 15.2% † 6,170 (±2.2% / ±898.1)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90% ±5.3% (987  ±209) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pasquotank County: 89.4% 25,105 (±4.4% / ±1,259.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.1% ±7.9% (242  ±100.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pasquotank County: 27.6% 7,738 (±2.5% / ±706.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-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

1.1% ±1.9% (17  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pasquotank County: 2.6% 1,063
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±4% (103  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pasquotank County: 10.9% † 3,445 (±1.3% / ±408)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
103 Total veterans ±52 103 Male ±52 N/A Female ±14

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