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Salem, OH Urban Area

15,981 Population
10.6 square miles 1,505.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,091 ±$3,201 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,207 ±$6,939 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.9% ±4.7% (2,777  ±740) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±2.9 (152,690  ±24,561) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,936 ±329 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (15,571  ±441) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±2.9% (183  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,629 ±369 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$130,800 ±$14,998 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±2.7% (1,678  ±426.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.2% ±6.6% (9,958  ±871.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.8% ±3.9% (2,261  ±459.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

1.5% ±1.3% (235  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±2.8% (1,317  ±373) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,317 Total veterans ±373 1,260 Male ±377 57 Female ±58

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