Salem vs Sardis

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

Salem and Sardis 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 657 in Sardis). Salem has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $165,200 in Sardis). Since 2019, Salem's population has grown faster (+36.8% vs +11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Salem	Sardis
Population	2,727	657
Median age	53.1 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,692	—
Median home value	$192,000	$165,200
Housing units	1,168	265
Homeownership rate	84.2%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salem	Sardis
Population	1,993 → 2,727 (+36.8%)	588 → 657 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$78,531 → $79,692 (+1.5%)	$90,365 → $52,031 (-42.4%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $192,000 (+22.8%)	$109,400 → $165,200 (+51.0%)

Salem

Population

1,9932,727

Median household income

$78,531$79,692

Median home value

$156,400$192,000

Sardis

Population

588657

Median household income

$90,365$52,031

Median home value

$109,400$165,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salem	Sardis
Under 5	1.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	9.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	2.6%	1.7%
25 to 34	20.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	17.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	24.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.3%
75 and over	10.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salem	Sardis
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	88.4%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salem	Sardis
No high school diploma	5.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salem	Sardis
Drove alone	80.6%	83.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salem	Sardis
1-unit, detached	83.0%	44.5%
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	17.0%	55.5%

Poverty & households

	Salem	Sardis
Poverty rate	2.5%	17.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1979	1996