Bauxite vs Salem

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

Bauxite 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 762 in Bauxite). Salem has the higher median household income ($79,692 vs $72,778 in Bauxite). Bauxite has the higher median home value ($196,300 vs $192,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Bauxite	Salem
Population	762	2,727
Median age	32.6 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,778	$79,692
Median home value	$196,300	$192,000
Median gross rent	$913	—
Housing units	306	1,168
Homeownership rate	66.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bauxite	Salem
Population	713 → 762 (+6.9%)	1,993 → 2,727 (+36.8%)
Median household income	$43,421 → $72,778 (+67.6%)	$78,531 → $79,692 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $196,300 (+158.0%)	$156,400 → $192,000 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $913 (+4.9%)	—

Bauxite

Population

713762

Median household income

$43,421$72,778

Median home value

$76,100$196,300

Median gross rent

$870$913

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)

	Bauxite	Salem
Under 5	11.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	9.5%
18 to 24	13.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	20.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	5.6%	17.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.5%
75 and over	3.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bauxite	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	3.8%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bauxite	Salem
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	47.8%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bauxite	Salem
Drove alone	88.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bauxite	Salem
1-unit, detached	70.6%	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	29.4%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Bauxite	Salem
Poverty rate	10.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.72	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1985	1979