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Salmon, ID

3,203 Population
2.5 square miles 1,276.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lemhi County: 53.3 ±1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Idaho: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,195 ±$7,870 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lemhi County: $34,545 † ±$3,796
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $38,952 ±$416
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,844 ±$9,544 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lemhi County: $53,202 ±$4,428
  • about half the amount in Idaho: $77,800 ±$743
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.1% ±5.8% (474  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lemhi County: 12.8% † 1,046 (±3.1% / ±253)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 199,519 (±0.3% / ±5,752)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.6 minutes ±4.1 (15,105  ±5,445) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lemhi County: 15.5 † 47,235 (±2.4 / ±8,474)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Idaho: 21.6 17,015,820 (±0.1 / ±161,300)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,451 ±193 Number of households
  • Lemhi County: 3,458 ±181
  • Idaho: 713,005 ±2,422
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (3,137  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lemhi County: 2.3 8,101 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Idaho: 2.6 1,884,214
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±4.2% (31  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lemhi County: 6.3% † 88 (±4.1% / ±58)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Idaho: 5.1% 22,816 (±0.2% / ±1,064)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,728 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Lemhi County: 4,676 ±16
  • Idaho: 795,014 ±223
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$235,500 ±$28,221 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lemhi County: $326,100 ±$31,635
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Idaho: $418,600 ±$2,550
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±6.7% (440  ±214.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lemhi County: 9.2% † 751 (±3.2% / ±262.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Idaho: 15.1% 289,675 (±0.4% / ±6,653.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.2% ±12% (2,082  ±325.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lemhi County: 90.8% 5,575 (±7.4% / ±477)
  • a little less than the rate in Idaho: 91.9% 1,174,076 (±0.7% / ±8,289.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.3% ±5.5% (450  ±134.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lemhi County: 24.1% † 1,478 (±3.8% / ±234.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Idaho: 31.8% 406,469 (±0.4% / ±5,276.9)
  • about half 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

0.2% ±0.4% (7  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lemhi County: 0.6% 48
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Idaho: 5.9% 114,849
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±3.2% (182  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lemhi County: 8.4% † 574 (±2.2% / ±147)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Idaho: 8% 116,723 (±0.2% / ±2,425)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
182 Total veterans ±86 173 Male ±84 9 Female ±13

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