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Salem, VA

25,618 Population
14.5 square miles 1,764.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$39,370 ±$2,196 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $40,698 ±$956
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$66,725 ±$6,350 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $68,761 ±$1,429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

10.3% ±2.5% (2,391  ±587) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 11.9% 36,518 (±0.8% / ±2,317)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

19 minutes ±1.2 (206,140  ±17,315) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 22.5 2,837,285 (±0.4 / ±72,934)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

10,256 ±223 Number of households
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 131,510 ±959
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.3 ±0.1 (23,333  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 2.3 307,087 (±0 / ±98)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

5.1% ±2.5% (313  ±155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 5.3% † 3,605 (±0.7% / ±472)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

11,112 ±34 Number of housing units
  • the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 148,424 ±214
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$258,600 ±$12,481 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: $251,400 ±$4,599
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

11.7% ±2.1% (2,949  ±542.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 10.5% 32,701 (±0.7% / ±2,177.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

94.2% ±4.9% (16,115  ±858.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 92.3% 208,451 (±1.6% / ±3,610.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
33.1% ±3.1% (5,656  ±530.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 31.3% 70,631 (±0.9% / ±1,972.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)

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

4.5% (1,147  ±269) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 5.6% 17,502
  • about one-third of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

7.1% ±1.3% (1,459  ±268) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Roanoke, VA Metro Area: 7.8% 19,463 (±0.4% / ±944)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
1,459 Total veterans ±268 1,279 Male ±240 180 Female ±99

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