Alpine vs Salem

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

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

Alpine has the higher population (10,272 vs 9,893 in Salem). Alpine has the higher median household income ($156,786 vs $107,617 in Salem). Alpine has the higher median home value ($893,400 vs $547,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Salem
Population	10,272	9,893
Median age	36.7 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$156,786	$107,617
Median home value	$893,400	$547,000
Median gross rent	$2,786	$1,691
Housing units	3,133	2,795
Homeownership rate	87.6%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.6%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Salem
Population	10,477 → 10,272 (-2.0%)	8,099 → 9,893 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$129,239 → $156,786 (+21.3%)	$98,750 → $107,617 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$569,300 → $893,400 (+56.9%)	$331,900 → $547,000 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,740 → $2,786 (+60.1%)	$1,250 → $1,691 (+35.3%)

Alpine

Population

10,47710,272

Median household income

$129,239$156,786

Median home value

$569,300$893,400

Median gross rent

$1,740$2,786

Salem

Population

8,0999,893

Median household income

$98,750$107,617

Median home value

$331,900$547,000

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Salem
Under 5	5.2%	9.3%
5 to 17	25.9%	27.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.3%
75 and over	6.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Salem
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	10.8%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Salem
Drove alone	66.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	13.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Salem
1-unit, detached	90.8%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Salem
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.1%
Average household size	3.43	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1998	2004