Fort Edward vs Salem

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

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

Fort Edward has the higher population (3,160 vs 914 in Salem). Salem has the higher median household income ($76,993 vs $62,411 in Fort Edward). Salem has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $128,200 in Fort Edward).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Edward	Salem
Population	3,160	914
Median age	37.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,411	$76,993
Median home value	$128,200	$160,900
Median gross rent	$951	$893
Housing units	1,324	466
Homeownership rate	72.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Edward	Salem
Population	3,295 → 3,160 (-4.1%)	791 → 914 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$47,951 → $62,411 (+30.2%)	$58,942 → $76,993 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$99,500 → $128,200 (+28.8%)	$116,000 → $160,900 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $951 (+5.5%)	$860 → $893 (+3.8%)

Fort Edward

Population

3,2953,160

Median household income

$47,951$62,411

Median home value

$99,500$128,200

Median gross rent

$901$951

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 Edward	Salem
Under 5	7.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	6.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	27.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	18.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.2%
75 and over	5.8%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Edward	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Edward	Salem
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	43.6%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Edward	Salem
Drove alone	82.4%	87.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.6%	11.1%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Edward	Salem
1-unit, detached	69.0%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Edward	Salem
Poverty rate	7.1%	3.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1941	1938