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Salem, NC

2,377 Population
4.3 square miles 553.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±5.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 43.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,654 ±$5,250 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $34,781 ±$828
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,988 ±$13,864 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $62,787 ±$1,624
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.1% ±11.3% (450  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 48,748 (±0.8% / ±2,910)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.6 minutes ±3.3 (19,595  ±6,088) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 24.1 3,751,370 (±0.6 / ±107,702)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,045 ±172 Number of households
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 149,578 ±1,091
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,377  ±447) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 2.4 360,621 (±0 / ±144)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16.1% ±12% (88  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,075 (±0.8% / ±581)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,188 ±208 Number of housing units
  • the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 167,096 ±119
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,100 ±$32,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: $215,600 ±$3,256
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.6% ±2.2% (36  ±51.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 8.8% 31,994 (±0.7% / ±2,400.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.8% ±1.4% (1,556  ±269.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 86.7% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,788.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.8% ±7.8% (405  ±155.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 22.3% 59,027 (±0.7% / ±1,957.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.9% ±5.2% (117  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 19,552
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.3% ±6% (230  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area: 6.5% 19,180 (±0.4% / ±1,072)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
230 Total veterans ±119 222 Male ±118 8 Female ±13

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