Amo vs North Salem

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

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

North Salem has the higher population (602 vs 426 in Amo). Amo has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $61,563 in North Salem). North Salem has the higher median home value ($172,700 vs $151,600 in Amo).

Population, income & housing

	Amo	North Salem
Population	426	602
Median age	35.1 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$61,563
Median home value	$151,600	$172,700
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,550
Housing units	137	226
Homeownership rate	84.6%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amo	North Salem
Population	493 → 426 (-13.6%)	423 → 602 (+42.3%)
Median household income	$61,979 → $76,250 (+23.0%)	$42,857 → $61,563 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$126,000 → $151,600 (+20.3%)	$114,900 → $172,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,083 (+0.8%)	$817 → $1,550 (+89.7%)

Amo

Population

493426

Median household income

$61,979$76,250

Median home value

$126,000$151,600

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,083

North Salem

Population

423602

Median household income

$42,857$61,563

Median home value

$114,900$172,700

Median gross rent

$817$1,550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amo	North Salem
Under 5	8.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	23.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	17.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	7.1%
65 to 74	5.4%	8.3%
75 and over	8.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amo	North Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amo	North Salem
No high school diploma	8.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	54.4%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amo	North Salem
Drove alone	74.9%	90.7%
Carpooled	22.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amo	North Salem
1-unit, detached	99.3%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Amo	North Salem
Poverty rate	8.7%	2.8%
Average household size	3.13	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1954	1938