East End vs Salem

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

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

East End has the higher population (6,344 vs 2,727 in Salem). Salem has the higher median household income ($79,692 vs $77,122 in East End). East End has the higher median home value ($206,000 vs $192,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	East End	Salem
Population	6,344	2,727
Median age	43.6 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,122	$79,692
Median home value	$206,000	$192,000
Median gross rent	$953	—
Housing units	2,609	1,168
Homeownership rate	78.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East End	Salem
Population	6,384 → 6,344 (-0.6%)	1,993 → 2,727 (+36.8%)
Median household income	$61,674 → $77,122 (+25.0%)	$78,531 → $79,692 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$140,200 → $206,000 (+46.9%)	$156,400 → $192,000 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $953 (+27.1%)	—

East End

Population

6,3846,344

Median household income

$61,674$77,122

Median home value

$140,200$206,000

Median gross rent

$750$953

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)

	East End	Salem
Under 5	1.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	9.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	20.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	8.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	17.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.5%
75 and over	5.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East End	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	10.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East End	Salem
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	36.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East End	Salem
Drove alone	72.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	18.3%	2.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East End	Salem
1-unit, detached	64.5%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	East End	Salem
Poverty rate	8.1%	2.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1997	1979