Greenhills vs Salem Heights

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

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

Greenhills has the higher population (3,693 vs 3,640 in Salem Heights). Salem Heights has the higher median household income ($92,478 vs $74,337 in Greenhills). Salem Heights has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $166,000 in Greenhills).

Population, income & housing

	Greenhills	Salem Heights
Population	3,693	3,640
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,337	$92,478
Median home value	$166,000	$226,700
Median gross rent	$1,017	—
Housing units	1,534	1,361
Homeownership rate	61.3%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenhills	Salem Heights
Population	3,573 → 3,693 (+3.4%)	3,314 → 3,640 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$64,236 → $74,337 (+15.7%)	$79,263 → $92,478 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $166,000 (+36.7%)	$164,500 → $226,700 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,017 (+16.1%)	$1,316 → $1,246 (-5.3%)

Greenhills

Population

3,5733,693

Median household income

$64,236$74,337

Median home value

$121,400$166,000

Median gross rent

$876$1,017

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)

	Greenhills	Salem Heights
Under 5	6.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.2%
75 and over	9.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenhills	Salem Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	87.0%
Black or African American	17.8%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenhills	Salem Heights
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.5%
High school graduate	36.6%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenhills	Salem Heights
Drove alone	77.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	16.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenhills	Salem Heights
1-unit, detached	61.3%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	17.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenhills	Salem Heights
Poverty rate	9.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1955	1963