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Salmon, ID

3,147 Population
2.5 square miles 1,254.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lemhi County: 53.2 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Idaho: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,796 ±$8,212 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lemhi County: $32,446 † ±$4,151
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Idaho: $34,919 ±$346
$45,130 ±$8,032 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lemhi County: $49,216 † ±$6,337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Idaho: $70,214 ±$715

16.3% ±5.5% (502  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lemhi County: 10.7% † 846 (±2.6% / ±205)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Idaho: 11% 198,788 (±0.3% / ±5,715)

10.3 minutes ±3.2 (12,300  ±4,197) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lemhi County: 14.8 † 43,850 (±2.2 / ±7,732)
  • about half the figure in Idaho: 21.4 16,459,620 (±0.2 / ±158,376)

Families

1,263 ±148 Number of households
  • Lemhi County: 3,328 ±186
  • Idaho: 675,323 ±2,094
2.4 ±0.3 (3,051  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lemhi County: 2.4 7,805 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Idaho: 2.7 1,805,642

9.5% ±7.8% (60  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lemhi County: 10.8% † 135 (±6.4% / ±80)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Idaho: 5.6% 24,093 (±0.3% / ±1,053)

Housing

1,566 ±148 Number of housing units
  • Lemhi County: 4,609 ±21
  • Idaho: 758,877 ±208

$170,900 ±$20,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lemhi County: $254,800 † ±$31,037
  • about half the amount in Idaho: $331,600 ±$2,580

13.4% ±6.7% (419  ±,209.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lemhi County: 11.7% † 934 (±3.6% / ±,287.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Idaho: 16.2% 296,563 (±0.4% / ±7,052.9)

Social

90% ±11.5% (1,954  ±,297.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lemhi County: 91.7% 5,515 (±7.6% / ±,468.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 91.4% 1,108,576 (±0.7% / ±8,407.5)
20.9% ±5.4% (453  ±,123.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lemhi County: 22.2% † 1,334 (±3.6% / ±219)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Idaho: 30.2% 366,223 (±0.4% / ±4,942.3)

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

0.3% ±0.6% (10  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Lemhi County: 1.1% 86
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Idaho: 5.7% 106,411

8.2% ±3.5% (208  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lemhi County: 11.4% † 756 (±2.6% / ±169)
  • a little less than the rate in Idaho: 8.6% 119,733 (±0.2% / ±2,530)
208 Total veterans ±88 195 Male ±83 13 Female ±18

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