Glen Alpine vs Salem

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

Glen Alpine and Salem are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salem has the higher population (2,035 vs 1,995 in Glen Alpine). Salem has the higher median household income ($66,653 vs $62,917 in Glen Alpine). Glen Alpine has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $159,300 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Alpine	Salem
Population	1,995	2,035
Median age	36.7 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$66,653
Median home value	$173,200	$159,300
Median gross rent	$847	$772
Housing units	739	1,106
Homeownership rate	80.0%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Alpine	Salem
Population	1,658 → 1,995 (+20.3%)	1,757 → 2,035 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$42,067 → $62,917 (+49.6%)	$49,375 → $66,653 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $173,200 (+49.8%)	$134,900 → $159,300 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $847 (+21.0%)	$622 → $772 (+24.1%)

Glen Alpine

Population

1,6581,995

Median household income

$42,067$62,917

Median home value

$115,600$173,200

Median gross rent

$700$847

Salem

Population

1,7572,035

Median household income

$49,375$66,653

Median home value

$134,900$159,300

Median gross rent

$622$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Alpine	Salem
Under 5	6.4%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	19.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	17.3%
75 and over	4.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Alpine	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	77.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Alpine	Salem
No high school diploma	9.8%	14.6%
High school graduate	27.9%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Alpine	Salem
Drove alone	82.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	23.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Alpine	Salem
1-unit, detached	83.9%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Glen Alpine	Salem
Poverty rate	13.2%	19.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1971	1977