Mount Healthy Heights vs Salem Heights

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

Mount Healthy Heights 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 3,547 in Mount Healthy Heights). Salem Heights has the higher median household income ($92,478 vs $65,714 in Mount Healthy Heights). Salem Heights has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $145,200 in Mount Healthy Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Healthy Heights	Salem Heights
Population	3,547	3,640
Median age	28.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,714	$92,478
Median home value	$145,200	$226,700
Median gross rent	$1,224	—
Housing units	1,475	1,361
Homeownership rate	58.2%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Healthy Heights	Salem Heights
Population	2,724 → 3,547 (+30.2%)	3,314 → 3,640 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$51,083 → $65,714 (+28.6%)	$79,263 → $92,478 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$99,400 → $145,200 (+46.1%)	$164,500 → $226,700 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$891 → $1,224 (+37.4%)	$1,316 → $1,246 (-5.3%)

Mount Healthy Heights

Population

2,7243,547

Median household income

$51,083$65,714

Median home value

$99,400$145,200

Median gross rent

$891$1,224

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)

	Mount Healthy Heights	Salem Heights
Under 5	13.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	26.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	4.3%	8.2%
75 and over	2.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Healthy Heights	Salem Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	28.6%	87.0%
Black or African American	46.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Healthy Heights	Salem Heights
No high school diploma	8.1%	0.5%
High school graduate	31.6%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Healthy Heights	Salem Heights
Drove alone	81.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	4.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Healthy Heights	Salem Heights
1-unit, detached	81.5%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Healthy Heights	Salem Heights
Poverty rate	23.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.75	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1968	1963