Avilla vs Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Avilla and Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

Avilla and Salem are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salem has the higher population (2,727 vs 1,549 in Avilla). Avilla has the higher median household income ($118,171 vs $79,692 in Salem). Avilla has the higher median home value ($297,200 vs $192,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Avilla	Salem
Population	1,549	2,727
Median age	53.5 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,171	$79,692
Median home value	$297,200	$192,000
Housing units	624	1,168
Homeownership rate	84.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avilla	Salem
Population	1,200 → 1,549 (+29.1%)	1,993 → 2,727 (+36.8%)
Median household income	$86,146 → $118,171 (+37.2%)	$78,531 → $79,692 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$208,800 → $297,200 (+42.3%)	$156,400 → $192,000 (+22.8%)

Avilla

Population

1,2001,549

Median household income

$86,146$118,171

Median home value

$208,800$297,200

Salem

Population

1,9932,727

Median household income

$78,531$79,692

Median home value

$156,400$192,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avilla	Salem
Under 5	2.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	9.0%	9.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	2.6%
25 to 34	8.5%	20.6%
35 to 44	6.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	17.8%
55 to 64	30.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.5%
75 and over	9.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avilla	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avilla	Salem
No high school diploma	17.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avilla	Salem
Drove alone	77.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.7%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avilla	Salem
1-unit, detached	95.0%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Avilla	Salem
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	2008	1979