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Salem, New Mexico: commercial real estate data.
Salem is a Census CDP of 916 people across 1.31 square miles of land, in Doña Ana County. Median household income is $31,386, 74.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Salem
What Salem is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.31 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land700 plus or minus 282
- County holding the largest share of its areaDoña Ana 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
- Population916 plus or minus 369
- Median age30.0 plus or minus 22.2
- Population under 18199 plus or minus 89
- Share under 1821.7 percent
- Population 65 and over64 plus or minus 50
- Share 65 and over7.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households243 plus or minus 98
- Family households243 plus or minus 98
- Share of households that are families100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
Income and work in Salem
- Median household income$31,386 plus or minus $15,093
- Per capita income$12,653 plus or minus $4,523
- Civilian labor force446 plus or minus 223
- Employed408 plus or minus 222
- Unemployed38 plus or minus 59
- Unemployment rate8.5 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Adults 25 and over568 plus or minus 213
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher40.7 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher2.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
Housing in Salem
- Housing units263 plus or minus 91
- Occupied units243 plus or minus 98
- Vacant units20 plus or minus 32
- Vacancy rate7.6 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Owner occupied182 plus or minus 84
- Renter occupied61 plus or minus 74
- Ownership rate74.9 percent plus or minus 16.8
- Median owner-occupied home value$61,500
- Single family units72 plus or minus 59
- Share single family27.4 percent plus or minus 20.2
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes191 plus or minus 89
- Median year structure built1984
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 commute408 plus or minus 222
- Commuting under 15 minutes25 plus or minus 43
- Share commuting under 15 minutes6.1 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more196 plus or minus 153
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.0 percent plus or minus 26.8
- Drove alone74.0 percent plus or minus 32.4
- Carpooled14.2 percent plus or minus 14.2
- 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.
Doña Ana County, not Salem
Doña Ana County context, not Salem figures
- Establishments in Doña Ana County3,798
- Covered employment, Doña Ana County79,409
- Average annual pay, Doña Ana County$49,974
- Housing units permitted, Doña Ana County964
Every figure in this section is published for Doña Ana County as a whole and is not a measurement of Salem.
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, New Mexico?
916, in 243 households. Salem CDP covers 1.31 square miles of land, which is 700 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?
Doña Ana County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Salem?
$31,386. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $61,500. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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 Doña Ana 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.