Ledbetter vs Salem

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

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

Ledbetter has the higher population (1,630 vs 782 in Salem). Ledbetter has the higher median household income ($62,798 vs $61,250 in Salem). Ledbetter has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $100,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Ledbetter	Salem
Population	1,630	782
Median age	31.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,798	$61,250
Median home value	$115,000	$100,000
Median gross rent	$1,116	$683
Housing units	756	299
Homeownership rate	77.7%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ledbetter	Salem
Population	1,860 → 1,630 (-12.4%)	704 → 782 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$58,425 → $62,798 (+7.5%)	$37,206 → $61,250 (+64.6%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $115,000 (+5.1%)	$78,100 → $100,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,116 (+12.2%)	$558 → $683 (+22.4%)

Ledbetter

Population

1,8601,630

Median household income

$58,425$62,798

Median home value

$109,400$115,000

Median gross rent

$995$1,116

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)

	Ledbetter	Salem
Under 5	16.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	15.3%
25 to 34	22.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.6%
75 and over	2.1%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ledbetter	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	2.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ledbetter	Salem
No high school diploma	10.1%	16.1%
High school graduate	38.6%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ledbetter	Salem
Drove alone	78.8%	84.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	12.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ledbetter	Salem
1-unit, detached	77.5%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Ledbetter	Salem
Poverty rate	29.4%	19.0%
Average household size	2.88	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1977	1973