Fort Ann vs Salem

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

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

Salem has the higher population (914 vs 473 in Fort Ann). Fort Ann has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $76,993 in Salem). Fort Ann has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $160,900 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Ann	Salem
Population	473	914
Median age	36.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$76,993
Median home value	$169,600	$160,900
Median gross rent	$968	$893
Housing units	202	466
Homeownership rate	77.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Ann	Salem
Population	341 → 473 (+38.7%)	791 → 914 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$56,875 → $93,750 (+64.8%)	$58,942 → $76,993 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $169,600 (+26.4%)	$116,000 → $160,900 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $968 (+32.1%)	$860 → $893 (+3.8%)

Fort Ann

Population

341473

Median household income

$56,875$93,750

Median home value

$134,200$169,600

Median gross rent

$733$968

Salem

Population

791914

Median household income

$58,942$76,993

Median home value

$116,000$160,900

Median gross rent

$860$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Ann	Salem
Under 5	5.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	6.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	27.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.2%
75 and over	3.8%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Ann	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	85.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Ann	Salem
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	42.5%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Ann	Salem
Drove alone	73.6%	87.4%
Carpooled	12.8%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.5%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Ann	Salem
1-unit, detached	78.7%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Ann	Salem
Poverty rate	1.7%	3.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1973	1938