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Salem CCD, Oconee County, SC

6,530 Population
80.1 square miles 81.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Oconee County: 47.3 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$61,718 ±$11,953 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Oconee County: $39,360 ±$2,073
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$84,508 ±$30,271 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Oconee County: $62,388 ±$4,319
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.3% ±2.3% (601  ±173) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Oconee County: 17.6% † 14,009 (±1.8% / ±1,407)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.6 minutes ±15.4 (49,440  ±10,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oconee County: 23.9 711,620 (±1.1 / ±43,225)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,985 ±354 Number of households
  • Oconee County: 34,515 ±680
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (6,421  ±994) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oconee County: 2.3 79,623 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±3.3% (14  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oconee County: 6.6% † 1,027 (±1.9% / ±298)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,989 ±346 Number of housing units
  • Oconee County: 42,100 ±55
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$397,000 ±$69,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Oconee County: $237,100 ±$9,039
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.9% ±7.7% (1,099  ±527.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oconee County: 12.1% † 9,682 (±1.7% / ±1,368.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.9% ±16.5% (5,041  ±559.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oconee County: 87.4% 51,675 (±2.9% / ±1,746.6)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
48% ±4.3% (2,722  ±471.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oconee County: 28.7% 16,949 (±1.7% / ±1,031.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about 1.4 times 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

1.8% ±0.8% (118  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oconee County: 4.2% 3,387
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±1.8% (554  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oconee County: 8.1% 5,245 (±0.7% / ±440)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
554 Total veterans ±142 553 Male ±143 1 Female ±3

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