Lower Salem vs Macksburg

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

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

Macksburg has the higher population (111 vs 93 in Lower Salem). Lower Salem has the higher median household income ($103,125 vs $39,583 in Macksburg). Lower Salem has the higher median home value ($93,800 vs $56,300 in Macksburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Salem	Macksburg
Population	93	111
Median age	24.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,125	$39,583
Median home value	$93,800	$56,300
Median gross rent	$1,550	$700
Housing units	40	66
Homeownership rate	48.6%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Salem	Macksburg
Population	123 → 93 (-24.4%)	211 → 111 (-47.4%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $103,125 (+205.6%)	$36,071 → $39,583 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $93,800 (+1.4%)	$45,600 → $56,300 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $1,550 (+117.4%)	$763 → $700 (-8.3%)

Lower Salem

Population

12393

Median household income

$33,750$103,125

Median home value

$92,500$93,800

Median gross rent

$713$1,550

Macksburg

Population

211111

Median household income

$36,071$39,583

Median home value

$45,600$56,300

Median gross rent

$763$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Salem	Macksburg
Under 5	9.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	24.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	20.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	5.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	26.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.4%	20.7%
75 and over	0.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Salem	Macksburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Salem	Macksburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	31.0%	67.0%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Salem	Macksburg
Drove alone	81.8%	94.6%
Carpooled	13.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Salem	Macksburg
1-unit, detached	95.0%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Lower Salem	Macksburg
Poverty rate	31.2%	25.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938