Lower Salem is a city of 92 people in Ohio. This skews young, with a median age of 24.0. The typical home is worth $95,800, having more than doubled since 2000. 0% of locals were born outside the United States. Getting to work takes 37 minutes on average. The poverty rate is 19.6%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $79,219, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 24.0
US median: 38.9
Average education
37% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Lower Salem
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate38.0% → 19.6%(−18.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age27.3 → 24.0(−3.3 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Median household income (2024 dollars)$42,001 → $79,219(+89%)US over the same years: +14%
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
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Veterans
Over time
Lower Salem, decade by decade
Lower Salem population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
108
$42,001
$53,042
6.8%
0.0
2000
109
$67,174
$81,428
7.6%
15.2
2010
86
$38,316
$64,736
3.4%
18.9
2020
75
$74,743
$94,903
18.6%
12.9
2024
92
$79,219
$95,800
36.6%
2.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
