Grand Rivers vs Salem

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

Grand Rivers 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 469 in Grand Rivers). Grand Rivers has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $61,250 in Salem). Grand Rivers has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $100,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Rivers	Salem
Population	469	782
Median age	58.0 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$61,250
Median home value	$162,500	$100,000
Median gross rent	$795	$683
Housing units	311	299
Homeownership rate	71.5%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Rivers	Salem
Population	298 → 469 (+57.4%)	704 → 782 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $80,000 (+30.6%)	$37,206 → $61,250 (+64.6%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $162,500 (+6.6%)	$78,100 → $100,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $795 (-14.6%)	$558 → $683 (+22.4%)

Grand Rivers

Population

298469

Median household income

$61,250$80,000

Median home value

$152,500$162,500

Median gross rent

$931$795

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)

	Grand Rivers	Salem
Under 5	2.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.6%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	15.3%
25 to 34	5.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	21.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	15.8%	9.6%
75 and over	18.6%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Rivers	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	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	0.2%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Rivers	Salem
No high school diploma	12.5%	16.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Rivers	Salem
Drove alone	47.7%	84.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	25.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	0.6%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Rivers	Salem
1-unit, detached	83.0%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Grand Rivers	Salem
Poverty rate	13.0%	19.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	17	36
Median year structure built	1974	1973