Salemburg vs Turkey

A side-by-side comparison of Salemburg and Turkey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salemburg has the higher population (486 vs 446 in Turkey). Salemburg has the higher median home value ($166,500 vs $49,200 in Turkey). Since 2019, Turkey's population has grown faster (+81.3% vs +6.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Salemburg	Turkey
Population	486	446
Median age	45.2 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	—
Median home value	$166,500	$49,200
Median gross rent	$1,108	—
Housing units	241	143
Homeownership rate	82.3%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salemburg	Turkey
Population	458 → 486 (+6.1%)	246 → 446 (+81.3%)
Median household income	$40,938 → $74,375 (+81.7%)	—
Median home value	$106,500 → $166,500 (+56.3%)	$85,600 → $49,200 (-42.5%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $1,108 (+59.7%)	—

Salemburg

Population

458486

Median household income

$40,938$74,375

Median home value

$106,500$166,500

Median gross rent

$694$1,108

Turkey

Population

246446

Median home value

$85,600$49,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salemburg	Turkey
Under 5	6.0%	37.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	5.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	20.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	3.1%
45 to 54	18.5%	6.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	4.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	14.8%
75 and over	9.9%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salemburg	Turkey
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	52.5%
Black or African American	8.4%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	39.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salemburg	Turkey
No high school diploma	7.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	42.5%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salemburg	Turkey
Drove alone	84.5%	93.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salemburg	Turkey
1-unit, detached	94.2%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Salemburg	Turkey
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.65	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1970	1976