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Salmon, ID

3,196 Population
2.5 square miles 1,274 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lemhi County: 53.1 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Idaho: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,404 ±$8,438 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lemhi County: $33,896 † ±$3,463
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Idaho: $37,169 ±$397
$40,875 ±$9,775 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lemhi County: $52,057 ±$4,016
  • about half the amount in Idaho: $74,636 ±$877

16.3% ±6.2% (509  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lemhi County: 11.8% † 947 (±2.9% / ±230)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 196,060 (±0.3% / ±5,607)

12 minutes ±4.2 (14,675  ±5,720) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lemhi County: 14.8 † 44,450 (±2.2 / ±8,027)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Idaho: 21.6 16,746,260 (±0.2 / ±183,291)

Families

1,313 ±178 Number of households
  • Lemhi County: 3,350 ±226
  • Idaho: 693,821 ±2,298
2.4 ±0.3 (3,113  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lemhi County: 2.4 7,973 (±0.2 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Idaho: 2.7 1,843,764

5.8% ±5.8% (41  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lemhi County: 10.1% † 132 (±5.7% / ±75)
  • a little higher than the rate in Idaho: 5.4% 23,768 (±0.3% / ±1,247)

Housing

1,687 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Lemhi County: 4,636 ±17
  • Idaho: 776,683 ±221

$198,400 ±$35,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lemhi County: $282,100 ±$26,653
  • about half the amount in Idaho: $376,000 ±$2,962

14.1% ±7.7% (446  ±244.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lemhi County: 9.4% † 755 (±3.6% / ±286)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Idaho: 15.6% 292,462 (±0.4% / ±7,114.3)

Social

92.2% ±13.6% (2,101  ±350.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lemhi County: 92.7% 5,592 (±8.4% / ±512.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 91.7% 1,140,749 (±0.7% / ±8,317.9)
16.3% ±5.5% (371  ±128.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lemhi County: 22.9% † 1,383 (±4% / ±239.8)
  • about half the rate in Idaho: 31.2% 388,032 (±0.4% / ±5,061.9)

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

0.3% ±0.5% (9  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lemhi County: 0.8% 62
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Idaho: 5.7% 108,586

7.7% ±3% (203  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lemhi County: 10.3% † 683 (±2.3% / ±153)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Idaho: 8.3% 117,609 (±0.2% / ±2,500)
203 Total veterans ±79 187 Male ±81 16 Female ±20

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