Kinmundy vs Salem

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

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

Salem has the higher population (7,341 vs 831 in Kinmundy). Salem has the higher median household income ($57,083 vs $37,667 in Kinmundy). Salem has the higher median home value ($99,800 vs $83,900 in Kinmundy).

Population, income & housing

	Kinmundy	Salem
Population	831	7,341
Median age	49.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,667	$57,083
Median home value	$83,900	$99,800
Median gross rent	$580	$752
Housing units	437	3,340
Homeownership rate	80.2%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinmundy	Salem
Population	881 → 831 (-5.7%)	7,027 → 7,341 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $37,667 (-15.7%)	$40,449 → $57,083 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$58,500 → $83,900 (+43.4%)	$78,500 → $99,800 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$496 → $580 (+16.9%)	$620 → $752 (+21.3%)

Kinmundy

Population

881831

Median household income

$44,688$37,667

Median home value

$58,500$83,900

Median gross rent

$496$580

Salem

Population

7,0277,341

Median household income

$40,449$57,083

Median home value

$78,500$99,800

Median gross rent

$620$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kinmundy	Salem
Under 5	5.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	10.1%
75 and over	13.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinmundy	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinmundy	Salem
No high school diploma	12.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	43.5%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinmundy	Salem
Drove alone	78.2%	82.3%
Carpooled	19.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	1.9%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinmundy	Salem
1-unit, detached	65.4%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Kinmundy	Salem
Poverty rate	19.4%	20.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	12
Median year structure built	1970	1970