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Salem, NJ Urban Area

6,083 Population
3.1 square miles 1,978.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,664 ±$3,157 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,496 ±$10,332 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.8% ±7% (1,385  ±429) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.5 minutes ±3.7 (63,465  ±11,714) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,703 ±217 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (6,068  ±164) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±2.9% (28  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,452 ±226 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$97,700 ±$20,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.7% ±7.3% (1,060  ±439.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.8% ±6.8% (3,414  ±367.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.8% ±4% (651  ±170.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

2.3% ±1.5% (142  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±2.1% (263  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
263 Total veterans ±94 255 Male ±93 8 Female ±12

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