Alloway vs Salem

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

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

Salem has the higher population (5,315 vs 1,473 in Alloway). Alloway has the higher median household income ($138,260 vs $40,650 in Salem). Alloway has the higher median home value ($282,500 vs $69,300 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Alloway	Salem
Population	1,473	5,315
Median age	50.5 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$138,260	$40,650
Median home value	$282,500	$69,300
Median gross rent	—	$992
Housing units	563	2,889
Homeownership rate	98.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alloway	Salem
Population	1,342 → 1,473 (+9.8%)	4,781 → 5,315 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$80,156 → $138,260 (+72.5%)	$24,926 → $40,650 (+63.1%)
Median home value	$202,400 → $282,500 (+39.6%)	$82,500 → $69,300 (-16.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,578 (+51.4%)	$869 → $992 (+14.2%)

Alloway

Population

1,3421,473

Median household income

$80,156$138,260

Median home value

$202,400$282,500

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,578

Salem

Population

4,7815,315

Median household income

$24,926$40,650

Median home value

$82,500$69,300

Median gross rent

$869$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alloway	Salem
Under 5	1.5%	11.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	5.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	25.3%	6.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.7%
75 and over	4.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alloway	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	30.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	56.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alloway	Salem
No high school diploma	0.0%	20.7%
High school graduate	41.2%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alloway	Salem
Drove alone	85.0%	60.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.1%
Public transit	0.0%	4.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.4%	12.7%
Other means	6.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alloway	Salem
1-unit, detached	100.0%	34.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	22.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Alloway	Salem
Poverty rate	0.0%	31.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1979	1943