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Salem, GA

372 Population
8.8 square miles 42.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.1 ±24.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 41.4 ±0.7
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$29,671 ±$7,808 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: $29,772 ±$2,534
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
N/A Median household income

13.7% ±11.5% (51  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 21.3% † 5,749 (±3.2% / ±868)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

24.7 minutes ±4.5 (4,470  ±2,737) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 25.9 285,030 (±2 / ±26,146)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

170 ±69 Number of households
  • the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 10,377 ±345
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.2 ±0.3 (372  ±159) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 2.6 27,406 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

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

Housing

170 ±69 Number of housing units
  • the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 12,373 ±19
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$90,400 ±$48,046 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: $149,500 ±$10,555
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

60.5% ±22.3% (167  ±85.5) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 85.5% 16,427 (±5% / ±971.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
14.9% ±16.4% (41  ±47.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 14.8% † 2,849 (±2.2% / ±419.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

3% ±5.5% (11  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 1.8% 512
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

3.9% ±7% (12  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 8.1% † 1,735 (±1.3% / ±275)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
12 Total veterans ±22 12 Male ±22 N/A Female ±14

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