Canistota vs Salem

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

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

Salem has the higher population (1,201 vs 664 in Canistota). Salem has the higher median household income ($71,655 vs $61,979 in Canistota). Salem has the higher median home value ($163,500 vs $112,200 in Canistota).

Population, income & housing

	Canistota	Salem
Population	664	1,201
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,979	$71,655
Median home value	$112,200	$163,500
Median gross rent	—	$880
Housing units	296	620
Homeownership rate	88.6%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canistota	Salem
Population	709 → 664 (-6.3%)	1,260 → 1,201 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$45,909 → $61,979 (+35.0%)	$54,342 → $71,655 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $112,200 (+24.0%)	$107,700 → $163,500 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $571 (+5.0%)	$766 → $880 (+14.9%)

Canistota

Population

709664

Median household income

$45,909$61,979

Median home value

$90,500$112,200

Median gross rent

$544$571

Salem

Population

1,2601,201

Median household income

$54,342$71,655

Median home value

$107,700$163,500

Median gross rent

$766$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canistota	Salem
Under 5	5.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	23.1%
18 to 24	12.3%	1.9%
25 to 34	5.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	14.4%
75 and over	6.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canistota	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	89.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canistota	Salem
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	42.1%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canistota	Salem
Drove alone	74.4%	86.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canistota	Salem
1-unit, detached	92.9%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Canistota	Salem
Poverty rate	10.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1938	1972