Salem vs Whitehall

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

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

Whitehall has the higher population (2,693 vs 914 in Salem). Salem has the higher median household income ($76,993 vs $41,625 in Whitehall). Salem has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $100,600 in Whitehall).

Population, income & housing

	Salem	Whitehall
Population	914	2,693
Median age	43.5 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,993	$41,625
Median home value	$160,900	$100,600
Median gross rent	$893	$991
Housing units	466	1,230
Homeownership rate	76.7%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salem	Whitehall
Population	791 → 914 (+15.5%)	2,293 → 2,693 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$58,942 → $76,993 (+30.6%)	$40,325 → $41,625 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $160,900 (+38.7%)	$82,900 → $100,600 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $893 (+3.8%)	$803 → $991 (+23.4%)

Salem

Population

791914

Median household income

$58,942$76,993

Median home value

$116,000$160,900

Median gross rent

$860$893

Whitehall

Population

2,2932,693

Median household income

$40,325$41,625

Median home value

$82,900$100,600

Median gross rent

$803$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salem	Whitehall
Under 5	2.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	6.0%	23.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	27.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	18.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	11.0%
75 and over	12.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salem	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	80.5%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salem	Whitehall
No high school diploma	2.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	24.2%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	49.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salem	Whitehall
Drove alone	87.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	0.6%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salem	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	76.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	26.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Salem	Whitehall
Poverty rate	3.0%	30.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938