Greenwich vs Salem

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

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

Greenwich has the higher population (1,606 vs 914 in Salem). Greenwich has the higher median household income ($78,398 vs $76,993 in Salem). Greenwich has the higher median home value ($194,500 vs $160,900 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwich	Salem
Population	1,606	914
Median age	41.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,398	$76,993
Median home value	$194,500	$160,900
Median gross rent	$1,188	$893
Housing units	918	466
Homeownership rate	59.2%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwich	Salem
Population	2,149 → 1,606 (-25.3%)	791 → 914 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$65,875 → $78,398 (+19.0%)	$58,942 → $76,993 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $194,500 (+13.5%)	$116,000 → $160,900 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,188 (+33.5%)	$860 → $893 (+3.8%)

Greenwich

Population

2,1491,606

Median household income

$65,875$78,398

Median home value

$171,400$194,500

Median gross rent

$890$1,188

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)

	Greenwich	Salem
Under 5	3.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	6.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	27.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	18.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.2%
75 and over	8.4%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwich	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwich	Salem
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	27.6%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwich	Salem
Drove alone	80.4%	87.4%
Carpooled	0.2%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.9%	11.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwich	Salem
1-unit, detached	59.0%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	34.0%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenwich	Salem
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938