Granville vs Salem

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

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

Granville has the higher population (2,270 vs 914 in Salem). Salem has the higher median household income ($76,993 vs $44,940 in Granville). Salem has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $140,800 in Granville).

Population, income & housing

	Granville	Salem
Population	2,270	914
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,940	$76,993
Median home value	$140,800	$160,900
Median gross rent	$684	$893
Housing units	1,156	466
Homeownership rate	53.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granville	Salem
Population	2,347 → 2,270 (-3.3%)	791 → 914 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$42,857 → $44,940 (+4.9%)	$58,942 → $76,993 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $140,800 (+33.0%)	$116,000 → $160,900 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $684 (+12.1%)	$860 → $893 (+3.8%)

Granville

Population

2,3472,270

Median household income

$42,857$44,940

Median home value

$105,900$140,800

Median gross rent

$610$684

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)

	Granville	Salem
Under 5	5.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	6.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	16.1%	27.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.2%
75 and over	7.9%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granville	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granville	Salem
No high school diploma	15.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granville	Salem
Drove alone	80.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	3.9%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granville	Salem
1-unit, detached	50.4%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	36.9%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Granville	Salem
Poverty rate	26.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938