Delshire vs Salem Heights

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

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

Salem Heights has the higher population (3,640 vs 3,607 in Delshire). Salem Heights has the higher median household income ($92,478 vs $84,722 in Delshire). Salem Heights has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $167,800 in Delshire).

Population, income & housing

	Delshire	Salem Heights
Population	3,607	3,640
Median age	31.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,722	$92,478
Median home value	$167,800	$226,700
Median gross rent	$1,047	—
Housing units	1,369	1,361
Homeownership rate	74.6%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delshire	Salem Heights
Population	3,483 → 3,607 (+3.6%)	3,314 → 3,640 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$72,854 → $84,722 (+16.3%)	$79,263 → $92,478 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$116,000 → $167,800 (+44.7%)	$164,500 → $226,700 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $1,047 (+40.0%)	$1,316 → $1,246 (-5.3%)

Delshire

Population

3,4833,607

Median household income

$72,854$84,722

Median home value

$116,000$167,800

Median gross rent

$748$1,047

Salem Heights

Population

3,3143,640

Median household income

$79,263$92,478

Median home value

$164,500$226,700

Median gross rent

$1,316$1,246

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delshire	Salem Heights
Under 5	7.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	21.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.2%
75 and over	7.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delshire	Salem Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	87.0%
Black or African American	14.9%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delshire	Salem Heights
No high school diploma	3.7%	0.5%
High school graduate	30.5%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delshire	Salem Heights
Drove alone	83.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	16.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delshire	Salem Heights
1-unit, detached	80.4%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delshire	Salem Heights
Poverty rate	17.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.78	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1971	1963