East Liverpool vs Salem

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

East Liverpool and Salem are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Salem has the higher population (11,805 vs 9,869 in East Liverpool). Salem has the higher median household income ($50,250 vs $37,262 in East Liverpool). Salem has the higher median home value ($117,400 vs $78,100 in East Liverpool).

Population, income & housing

	East Liverpool	Salem
Population	9,869	11,805
Median age	40.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,262	$50,250
Median home value	$78,100	$117,400
Median gross rent	$717	$771
Housing units	4,800	5,753
Homeownership rate	55.9%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Liverpool	Salem
Population	10,692 → 9,869 (-7.7%)	11,774 → 11,805 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$32,119 → $37,262 (+16.0%)	$40,134 → $50,250 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$55,600 → $78,100 (+40.5%)	$96,900 → $117,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $717 (+10.5%)	$677 → $771 (+13.9%)

East Liverpool

Population

10,6929,869

Median household income

$32,119$37,262

Median home value

$55,600$78,100

Median gross rent

$649$717

Salem

Population

11,77411,805

Median household income

$40,134$50,250

Median home value

$96,900$117,400

Median gross rent

$677$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Liverpool	Salem
Under 5	6.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.3%
75 and over	4.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Liverpool	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	96.2%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Liverpool	Salem
No high school diploma	14.1%	12.8%
High school graduate	46.8%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Liverpool	Salem
Drove alone	80.0%	81.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	6.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.1%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Liverpool	Salem
1-unit, detached	74.8%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	3.6%
20 or more units	7.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	East Liverpool	Salem
Poverty rate	29.3%	19.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1949	1953