Carrsville vs Salem

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

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

Salem has the higher population (782 vs 40 in Carrsville). Salem has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $49,063 in Carrsville). Since 2019, Salem's population has grown faster (+11.1% vs -21.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Carrsville	Salem
Population	40	782
Median age	41.8 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,063	$61,250
Median home value	—	$100,000
Median gross rent	—	$683
Housing units	38	299
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrsville	Salem
Population	51 → 40 (-21.6%)	704 → 782 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $49,063 (+45.4%)	$37,206 → $61,250 (+64.6%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $146,900 (+126.0%)	$78,100 → $100,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$558 → $683 (+22.4%)

Carrsville

Population

5140

Median household income

$33,750$49,063

Median home value

$65,000$146,900

Salem

Population

704782

Median household income

$37,206$61,250

Median home value

$78,100$100,000

Median gross rent

$558$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrsville	Salem
Under 5	7.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	20.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	5.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	9.6%
75 and over	27.5%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrsville	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrsville	Salem
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.1%
High school graduate	39.4%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	60.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrsville	Salem
Drove alone	100.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrsville	Salem
1-unit, detached	71.1%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.9%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Carrsville	Salem
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1971	1973