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Salem township, Shelby County, OH

2,048 Population
26.6 square miles 77.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.6 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,829 ±$11,863 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Shelby County: $37,984 ±$1,784
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,409 ±$17,697 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $73,978 ±$3,615
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.7% ±1.5% (95  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 11.6% † 5,486 (±2% / ±938)
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±2.2 (18,535  ±4,708) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 19 419,170 (±0.9 / ±24,125)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

820 ±133 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 18,906 ±316
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (2,048  ±371) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.5 47,456 (±0 / ±17)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±6.8% (27  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shelby County: 5.6% † 555 (±1.4% / ±135)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

915 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 20,149 ±65
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$218,500 ±$31,751 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Shelby County: $208,100 ±$9,546
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.5% ±2.6% (90  ±55.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 10.3% † 4,896 (±1.6% / ±753.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.2% ±18.7% (1,419  ±186.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 91.4% 29,321 (±3.1% / ±1,022.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.7% ±4.7% (330  ±92.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shelby County: 21.4% 6,853 (±1.6% / ±519.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • 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

1.3% ±1.4% (26  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 1.3% 601
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±3% (158  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shelby County: 7.2% † 2,600 (±1% / ±362)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
158 Total veterans ±56 146 Male ±56 12 Female ±13

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