Shreve vs West Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Shreve and West Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shreve has the higher population (1,559 vs 1,301 in West Salem). Shreve has the higher median household income ($66,011 vs $57,917 in West Salem). Shreve has the higher median home value ($133,200 vs $123,000 in West Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Shreve	West Salem
Population	1,559	1,301
Median age	42.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,011	$57,917
Median home value	$133,200	$123,000
Median gross rent	$758	$770
Housing units	701	630
Homeownership rate	72.0%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shreve	West Salem
Population	1,633 → 1,559 (-4.5%)	1,622 → 1,301 (-19.8%)
Median household income	$47,350 → $66,011 (+39.4%)	$39,196 → $57,917 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $133,200 (+67.8%)	$82,300 → $123,000 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $758 (+17.9%)	$682 → $770 (+12.9%)

Shreve

Population

1,6331,559

Median household income

$47,350$66,011

Median home value

$79,400$133,200

Median gross rent

$643$758

West Salem

Population

1,6221,301

Median household income

$39,196$57,917

Median home value

$82,300$123,000

Median gross rent

$682$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shreve	West Salem
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	19.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	19.8%
75 and over	4.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shreve	West Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	2.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shreve	West Salem
No high school diploma	20.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	47.9%	65.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shreve	West Salem
Drove alone	82.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shreve	West Salem
1-unit, detached	69.5%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	5.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Shreve	West Salem
Poverty rate	9.8%	14.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1953	1971