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44460

Salem, OH · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
25,082
Median household income
$57,423
People below poverty
13.7%
Median home value
$163,500

Income

The median income of households in 44460 was $57,423. An estimated 4.6% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 5% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 4.6
$10,000 to $14,999 4.7
$15,000 to $24,999 14.2
$25,000 to $34,999 5.3
$35,000 to $49,999 14.4
$50,000 to $74,999 20.7
$75,000 to $99,999 11.5
$100,000 to $149,999 13.5
$150,000 to $199,999 6.2
$200,000 or more 5

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 56976
Female 39336

An estimated 67.4% of households received earnings. An estimated 44.9% of households received Social Security and an estimated 29.6 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $20,984. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 67.4
Social Security 44.9
Retirement income 29.6
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 6.1
Cash public assistance income 3

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 13.7 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 17.8% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 9.9% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 13.9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 13.7
Children under 18 years below poverty 17.8
People 65 years old and over below poverty 9.9
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 13.9

In 2020-2024, 14.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 44.4% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 45.3% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 15.9% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 44460 in 2020-2024, 91.8% had health insurance coverage and 8.2% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 65.9% and public coverage was 42.5%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 6.7%.


In 2020-2024, 44460 had a total population of 25,082 - 12,625 (50.3%) females and 12,457 (49.7%) males. The median age was 44.9 years. An estimated 17.6% of the population was under 18 years, 29.6% was 19 to 44 years, 26.7% was 45 to 64 years, and 23.1 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 44460 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 513 488
5 to 9 687 780
10 to 14 678 471
15 to 19 744 813
20 to 24 976 795
25 to 29 917 569
30 to 34 893 823
35 to 39 547 683
40 to 44 676 523
45 to 49 758 656
50 to 54 650 707
55 to 59 1003 1051
60 to 64 793 1085
65 to 69 740 987
70 to 74 911 701
75 to 79 464 552
80 to 84 316 289
85 and over 191 652

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 95.7% were White; 0.2% were Black or African American; 11.9% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.2% were Asian; 0.1% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 2.7% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 0.9% of the people in 44460 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 95.6% of the people in 44460 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 10,355 households in 44460. The average household size was 2.38 people.

Married-couple households made up 44.6% of the households in 44460 while cohabiting couple households made up 8.8% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 25.7% of all households, while 20.9% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 14.3% of households were male householders living alone, and 18.6% were female householders living alone, for a total of 32.9% of all households.

In 44460, 23.6% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 40.3% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 44.6
Cohabiting Couples 8.8
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
20.9
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
25.7

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 47.8% of males and 46.7% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 34 25.3
Now married, except separated 47.8 46.7
Separated 0.3 2.1
Widowed 2.9 11.4
Divorced 15 14.5

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 44460, 506 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 40.1% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 98.9% of the people living in 44460 were U.S. natives. 80.9% of the 44460 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 1.1% of 44460 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 35.7% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 81.5 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 44460 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 44460.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 41.6
Asia 24.5
Europe 23.4
Africa 0
Northern America 10.5
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 44460 in 2020-2024, 2 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 1% of people at least five years old; 0.8% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 1
Other Indo-European languages 0.7
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0
Other languages 0.2

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 90.3 % of the people at least one year old living in 44460 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 90.3
Different house, same county 5
Different county, same state 3.7
Different state 0.8
Abroad 0.2

Education

In 2020-2024, 90 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 20.1% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 10.1% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 44460 was 4,856 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 352 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 3,307. College or graduate school enrollment was 1,197.

Educational Attainment of People in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 10.1
High school diploma or equivalency 41.3
Some college, no degree 18
Associate's degree 10.7
Bachelor's degree 14.9
Graduate or professional degree 5.1

Disability

In 44460, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 17.8 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 5.6% of people under 18 years old, to 15.4% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 34.3% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 44460, 54.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 41.3% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 89.2% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 6.9% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 3.6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 10,394 89.2
Federal, state, or local government workers 805 6.9
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 423 3.6

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 44460 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1.6
Construction 7.2
Manufacturing 21.5
Wholesale trade 1.3
Retail trade 9.5
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 5.2
Information 1.7
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 5
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 6.6
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 18.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 15
Other Services, except public administration 4.6
Public administration 1.9

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 44460 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 3,423 29.4
Service occupations 2,296 19.7
Sales and office occupations 2,303 19.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 1,132 9.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 2,495 21.4

Commuting to Work

An estimated 81.4% of 44460 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 6% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 24.4 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 81.4
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 6
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 2.1
Other means 3.9
Worked from home 6.6

In 2020-2024, 44460 had a total of 11,390 housing units. Of these housing units, 78.1% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 18.6% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 3.2% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 78.1
Apartments in multi-unit structures 18.6
Mobile homes 3.2
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

3.2% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 28.6% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 44460 was 6 rooms, and of these housing units 63.3% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 44460 had 10,355 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,035 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 71.4% while renters occupied 28.6%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.54 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.95.

1.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 14.1% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 8.5% and another 23.7% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 44460:

House Heating Fuel Used in 44460 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 63
Electricity 27.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 6.2
All other fuels 2.5
No fuel used 0.9

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 44460 was $163,500.

Of the owner-occupied households, 53.4 % had a mortgage. 46.6% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,177 and for owners without a mortgage it was $476.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 44460 was $765. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.