Lower Salem vs Waterford

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

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

Waterford has the higher population (322 vs 93 in Lower Salem). Lower Salem has the higher median household income ($103,125 vs $48,594 in Waterford). Waterford has the higher median home value ($134,400 vs $93,800 in Lower Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Salem	Waterford
Population	93	322
Median age	24.1 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$103,125	$48,594
Median home value	$93,800	$134,400
Median gross rent	$1,550	$686
Housing units	40	158
Homeownership rate	48.6%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Salem	Waterford
Population	123 → 93 (-24.4%)	464 → 322 (-30.6%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $103,125 (+205.6%)	$65,990 → $48,594 (-26.4%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $93,800 (+1.4%)	$96,700 → $134,400 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $1,550 (+117.4%)	—

Lower Salem

Population

12393

Median household income

$33,750$103,125

Median home value

$92,500$93,800

Median gross rent

$713$1,550

Waterford

Population

464322

Median household income

$65,990$48,594

Median home value

$96,700$134,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Salem	Waterford
Under 5	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.7%	30.1%
18 to 24	20.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.4%	25.2%
75 and over	0.0%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Salem	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Salem	Waterford
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	31.0%	76.4%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Salem	Waterford
Drove alone	81.8%	62.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Salem	Waterford
1-unit, detached	95.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lower Salem	Waterford
Poverty rate	31.2%	3.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	37	—
Median year structure built	1938	1950