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Salem, IN

6,489 Population
4.2 square miles 1,536.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,205 ±$3,175 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $41,207 ±$434
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,538 ±$6,839 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $73,863 ±$772
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.7% ±9.4% (1,589  ±583) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.3% 166,306 (±0.4% / ±5,327)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±2.6 (67,715  ±9,683) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 24.1 13,955,150 (±0.2 / ±185,249)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,706 ±295 Number of households
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 558,306 ±2,199
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (6,164  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 2.4 1,347,686 (±0 / ±319)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±2.9% (38  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 5.2% 16,628 (±0.3% / ±1,030)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,838 ±295 Number of housing units
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 602,727 ±288
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,700 ±$15,431 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $248,700 ±$1,784
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.5% ±5% (1,069  ±323.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 11.8% 160,344 (±0.3% / ±4,222.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.9% ±6.9% (4,013  ±372.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 91.3% 871,912 (±0.7% / ±6,563.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.6% ±3.5% (746  ±169.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 32.9% 314,441 (±0.4% / ±4,171.9)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-fifths of 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

1% ±0.9% (63  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 7% 96,638
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±2.4% (470  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 6.7% 71,611 (±0.2% / ±2,195)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
470 Total veterans ±129 464 Male ±130 6 Female ±11

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