Lindon vs Salem

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

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

Lindon has the higher population (11,594 vs 9,893 in Salem). Salem has the higher median household income ($107,617 vs $104,583 in Lindon). Lindon has the higher median home value ($638,300 vs $547,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Lindon	Salem
Population	11,594	9,893
Median age	30.0 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$107,617
Median home value	$638,300	$547,000
Median gross rent	$1,502	$1,691
Housing units	3,357	2,795
Homeownership rate	78.5%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lindon	Salem
Population	10,912 → 11,594 (+6.3%)	8,099 → 9,893 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$90,978 → $104,583 (+15.0%)	$98,750 → $107,617 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$401,200 → $638,300 (+59.1%)	$331,900 → $547,000 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,367 → $1,502 (+9.9%)	$1,250 → $1,691 (+35.3%)

Lindon

Population

10,91211,594

Median household income

$90,978$104,583

Median home value

$401,200$638,300

Median gross rent

$1,367$1,502

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)

	Lindon	Salem
Under 5	4.4%	9.3%
5 to 17	28.9%	27.7%
18 to 24	12.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.3%
75 and over	3.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lindon	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lindon	Salem
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.7%
High school graduate	17.0%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lindon	Salem
Drove alone	68.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	13.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lindon	Salem
1-unit, detached	77.6%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.2%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lindon	Salem
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.1%
Average household size	3.50	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1997	2004