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Salem, AR

1,471 Population
2.4 square miles 610 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±8.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Fulton County: 48.6 ±1.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 38.4 ±0.2

Economics

$20,245 ±$2,944 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fulton County: $23,128 ±$1,674
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $33,147 ±$287
$35,679 ±$4,388 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fulton County: $38,941 ±$3,640
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arkansas: $58,773 ±$503

35.8% ±13% (497  ±219) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Fulton County: 14.8% † 1,782 (±3% / ±364)
  • more than double the rate in Arkansas: 16% 471,783 (±0.3% / ±8,450)

23.9 minutes ±9.1 (10,780  ±5,269) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fulton County: 27.8 † 109,465 (±2.8 / ±15,151)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.4 27,063,576 (±0.2 / ±261,459)

Families

555 ±127 Number of households
  • Fulton County: 4,808 ±232
  • Arkansas: 1,189,160 ±4,619
2.5 ±0.3 (1,376  ±346) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fulton County: 2.5 12,064 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,949,085

1.1% ±2.8% (4  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Fulton County: 7.5% † 160 (±5% / ±107)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 37,445 (±0.2% / ±1,624)

Housing

677 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Fulton County: 6,218 ±15
  • Arkansas: 1,382,664 ±336

$88,200 ±$9,782 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fulton County: $107,200 ±$10,010
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $175,300 ±$1,508

11.8% ±5.7% (173  ±92.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Fulton County: 11.2% † 1,356 (±3.3% / ±400.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 13.1% 393,057 (±0.3% / ±7,701.2)

Social

93.8% ±25.2% (1,021  ±183.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fulton County: 87.7% 7,857 (±6.3% / ±563.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.6% 1,809,922 (±0.5% / ±10,568.3)
8.3% ±4.1% (90  ±47.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Fulton County: 15.7% † 1,408 (±3.2% / ±284)
  • about one-third of the rate in Arkansas: 25.1% 513,221 (±0.3% / ±5,673.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±1.3% (18  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Fulton County: 0.6% 78
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 5.2% 158,219

9.1% ±3.4% (109  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Fulton County: 8.8% † 861 (±1.9% / ±180)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.6% 176,468 (±0.1% / ±2,925)
109 Total veterans ±46 98 Male ±45 11 Female ±20

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