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Salem, IL

7,341 Population
7 square miles 1,050.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 41.3 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,213 ±$4,088 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $32,199 ±$1,233
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$57,083 ±$8,093 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $60,839 ±$2,138
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

20.1% ±5.4% (1,415  ±387) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 16.2% † 5,841 (±1.9% / ±676)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

12.5 minutes ±1.1 (39,945  ±5,116) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 20.4 311,125 (±0.9 / ±18,300)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

3,080 ±188 Number of households
  • the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 15,465 ±258
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (7,112  ±302) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 2.4 36,446 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

7.5% ±4.2% (130  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 6% † 465 (±1.5% / ±116)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

3,340 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 17,379 ±58
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$99,800 ±$9,193 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $100,100 ±$4,848
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

17.4% ±4.1% (1,256  ±298) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 12.3% † 4,532 (±1.6% / ±577.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

92.9% ±6.5% (4,619  ±407.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 90.3% 23,346 (±3% / ±776.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
14.8% ±3.2% (735  ±163.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 17.3% 4,468 (±1.3% / ±347.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

0.3% ±0.3% (20  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 1.5% 549
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

5.6% ±1.6% (306  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 8.4% † 2,404 (±0.9% / ±260)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
306 Total veterans ±90 306 Male ±90 N/A Female ±17

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