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Salem city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Salem city is a Census city of 11,758 people across 6.43 square miles of land, lying across Columbiana County and Mahoning County. Median household income is $47,073, 57.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 66 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.8 m.
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Salem
What Salem is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.43 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,828
- County holding the largest share of its areaColumbiana County, 96.9 percent
- Counties this place lies inColumbiana County 96.9 percent, Mahoning County 3.1 percent
Salem city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
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
- Population11,758
- Median age42.0
- Population under 181,841
- Share under 1815.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,610
- Share 65 and over22.2 percent
- Households5,141
- Family households2,714
- Share of households that are families52.8 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$47,073
- Per capita income$31,259
- Civilian labor force5,953
- Employed5,584
- Unemployed369 plus or minus 195
- Unemployment rate6.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over8,403
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
Housing in Salem
- Housing units5,756
- Occupied units5,141
- Vacant units615 plus or minus 239
- Vacancy rate10.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied2,946
- Renter occupied2,195
- Ownership rate57.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$119,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$763
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent
- Single family units4,288
- Share single family74.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,451 plus or minus 373
- Share in buildings of two or more25.2 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1954
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 commute5,406
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,320
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,352 plus or minus 355
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.0 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Drove alone82.3 percent
- Carpooled7.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home2.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Salem
SBA loans in Salem (7(a))
- Approvals66
- Gross approval$10,819,000
- Average approval$163,924
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$345,000
- Largest approval$1,871,300
- Jobs supported271
- Jobs per approval4.1
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full10
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans9.1 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.6 percent
- Share to franchises7.6 percent
- Distinct lenders16
- Distinct industries by NAICS37
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Salem
SBA loans in Salem (504)
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$3,137,000
- Average approval$448,143
- Median approval$330,000
- Largest approval$1,267,000
- Jobs supported48
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Salem
Flood risk in Salem
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390086
- Currently effective map date05/02/12(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Columbiana County, not Salem
Columbiana County context, not Salem figures
These are Columbiana County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Salem measurements.
- Establishments in Columbiana County1,907
- Employment at those establishments, Columbiana County25,092
- Covered employment, Columbiana County28,452
- Average annual pay, Columbiana County$49,319
- Average weekly wage, Columbiana County$948
- Housing units permitted, Columbiana County43
- Of those, single family, Columbiana County31
- County product, 2024, Columbiana County$4,812,810,000
- County product change over the prior year, Columbiana County4.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Columbiana County$49,109
Every figure in this section is published for Columbiana County as a whole and is not a measurement of Salem. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Salem questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Salem, Ohio?
11,758, in 5,141 households. Salem city covers 6.43 square miles of land, which is 1,828 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?
Salem lies in more than one. By area it is 96.9 percent in Columbiana County, 3.1 percent in Mahoning County. This page sits under Columbiana County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Salem?
$47,073. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $119,400. Median gross rent is $763 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Salem businesses?
66 7(a) approvals totalling $10.8 m, across 16 lenders, median approval $75,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $3.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Salem, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Salem borrowers get paid back?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 9.1 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Salem in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Salem appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390086, 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 labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Columbiana 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?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.