Chickasaw Point vs Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Chickasaw Point and Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

Chickasaw Point and Salem are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chickasaw Point has the higher population (730 vs 208 in Salem). Chickasaw Point has the higher median household income ($79,464 vs $63,750 in Salem). Chickasaw Point has the higher median home value ($285,200 vs $154,800 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Chickasaw Point	Salem
Population	730	208
Median age	56.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,464	$63,750
Median home value	$285,200	$154,800
Housing units	469	113
Homeownership rate	98.0%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickasaw Point	Salem
Population	532 → 730 (+37.2%)	132 → 208 (+57.6%)
Median household income	$53,056 → $79,464 (+49.8%)	$60,417 → $63,750 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$254,700 → $285,200 (+12.0%)	$122,500 → $154,800 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$875 → $950 (+8.6%)

Chickasaw Point

Population

532730

Median household income

$53,056$79,464

Median home value

$254,700$285,200

Salem

Population

132208

Median household income

$60,417$63,750

Median home value

$122,500$154,800

Median gross rent

$875$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickasaw Point	Salem
Under 5	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	3.7%	6.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	17.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	23.6%
65 to 74	18.1%	6.3%
75 and over	20.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickasaw Point	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickasaw Point	Salem
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.8%
High school graduate	17.7%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickasaw Point	Salem
Drove alone	56.1%	96.5%
Carpooled	18.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickasaw Point	Salem
1-unit, detached	87.0%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Chickasaw Point	Salem
Poverty rate	7.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1995	1977