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Salem, Nebraska: commercial real estate data.
Salem is a Census village of 102 people across 0.62 square miles of land, in Richardson County. 56.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Salem
What Salem is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area0.62 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land164 plus or minus 64
- County holding the largest share of its areaRichardson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
How many people live in Salem
- Population102 plus or minus 40
- Median age62.3 plus or minus 15.5
- Population under 1812 plus or minus 14
- Share under 1811.8 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Population 65 and over29 plus or minus 18
- Share 65 and over28.4 percent plus or minus 14.2
- Households57 plus or minus 31
- Family households29 plus or minus 13
- Share of households that are families50.9 percent plus or minus 35.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
Income and work in Salem
- Per capita income$52,828 plus or minus $42,224
- Civilian labor force33 plus or minus 30
- Employed33 plus or minus 30
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over88 plus or minus 40
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.6 percent plus or minus 19.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher2.3 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.1 percent plus or minus 11.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
Housing in Salem
- Housing units67 plus or minus 32
- Occupied units57 plus or minus 31
- Vacant units10 plus or minus 9
- Vacancy rate14.9 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Owner occupied32 plus or minus 12
- Renter occupied25 plus or minus 27
- Ownership rate56.1 percent plus or minus 37.1
- Median owner-occupied home value$42,500 plus or minus $28,835
- Single family units60 plus or minus 33
- Share single family89.6 percent plus or minus 23.1
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes7 plus or minus 8
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
How Salem gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute32 plus or minus 29
- Commuting under 15 minutes2 plus or minus 10
- Share commuting under 15 minutes6.3 percent plus or minus 32.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more25 plus or minus 29
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more78.1 percent plus or minus 58.4
- Drove alone96.9 percent plus or minus 124.0
- Carpooled3.1 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
Flood risk in Salem
- NFIP communityVillage of Salem
- NFIP community number310185
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date10/07/21
The Village of Salem participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 310185 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Richardson County, not Salem
Richardson County context, not Salem figures
- Establishments in Richardson County250
- Covered employment, Richardson County2,345
- Average annual pay, Richardson County$43,201
- Housing units permitted, Richardson County18
Every figure in this section is published for Richardson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Salem.
All Richardson County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Salem questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Salem, Nebraska?
102, in 57 households. Salem village covers 0.62 square miles of land, which is 164 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Salem in?
Richardson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
Is Salem in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Salem appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Salem, village of, community 310185, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Salem figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Richardson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Salem.
Is zoning published for Salem?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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