Salem vs Wellsville

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

Salem and Wellsville 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 3,096 in Wellsville). Salem has the higher median household income ($50,250 vs $29,440 in Wellsville). Salem has the higher median home value ($117,400 vs $55,400 in Wellsville).

Population, income & housing

	Salem	Wellsville
Population	11,805	3,096
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,250	$29,440
Median home value	$117,400	$55,400
Median gross rent	$771	$753
Housing units	5,753	1,683
Homeownership rate	58.4%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salem	Wellsville
Population	11,774 → 11,805 (+0.3%)	3,352 → 3,096 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$40,134 → $50,250 (+25.2%)	$28,586 → $29,440 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $117,400 (+21.2%)	$49,000 → $55,400 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $771 (+13.9%)	$514 → $753 (+46.5%)

Salem

Population

11,77411,805

Median household income

$40,134$50,250

Median home value

$96,900$117,400

Median gross rent

$677$771

Wellsville

Population

3,3523,096

Median household income

$28,586$29,440

Median home value

$49,000$55,400

Median gross rent

$514$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salem	Wellsville
Under 5	4.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.3%
75 and over	9.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salem	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salem	Wellsville
No high school diploma	12.8%	11.2%
High school graduate	41.0%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salem	Wellsville
Drove alone	81.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salem	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	68.8%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Salem	Wellsville
Poverty rate	19.2%	30.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1953	1938