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Salem district, Spotsylvania County, VA

18,850 Population
6.2 square miles 3,036.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Spotsylvania County: 38.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,161 ±$2,757 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Spotsylvania County: $48,118 ±$1,427
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$110,288 ±$10,127 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Spotsylvania County: $112,738 ±$4,298
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±2.6% (1,363  ±486) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Spotsylvania County: 7.1% † 10,352 (±1% / ±1,405)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.3 minutes ±3.1 (311,510  ±39,383) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Spotsylvania County: 37.7 2,293,780 (±1.1 / ±85,527)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,174 ±353 Number of households
  • Spotsylvania County: 52,481 ±387
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.1 (18,842  ±1,202) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Spotsylvania County: 2.8 146,238 (±0 / ±6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±2.2% (219  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Spotsylvania County: 4.9% † 1,646 (±0.9% / ±290)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,326 ±347 Number of housing units
  • Spotsylvania County: 55,427 ±74
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$363,300 ±$9,585 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Spotsylvania County: $404,900 ±$8,244
  • a little less than the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±2.1% (1,281  ±402.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Spotsylvania County: 11.1% † 16,057 (±1.2% / ±1,663.4)
  • about half the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.4% ±2.7% (10,618  ±725.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Spotsylvania County: 90.7% 89,591 (±2.2% / ±2,208.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.8% ±2.7% (3,742  ±394.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Spotsylvania County: 35% 34,510 (±1.4% / ±1,348.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • 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

14.7% ±2.7% (2,778  ±536) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Spotsylvania County: 10.4% 15,223
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.5% ±2.3% (1,573  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Spotsylvania County: 13.1% 14,363 (±0.7% / ±747)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,573 Total veterans ±326 1,354 Male ±251 219 Female ±127

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