Mapleton vs Salem

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

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

Mapleton has the higher population (12,340 vs 9,893 in Salem). Mapleton has the higher median household income ($127,860 vs $107,617 in Salem). Mapleton has the higher median home value ($734,100 vs $547,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Mapleton	Salem
Population	12,340	9,893
Median age	31.4 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$127,860	$107,617
Median home value	$734,100	$547,000
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,691
Housing units	3,463	2,795
Homeownership rate	87.0%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mapleton	Salem
Population	9,872 → 12,340 (+25.0%)	8,099 → 9,893 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$112,730 → $127,860 (+13.4%)	$98,750 → $107,617 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$429,900 → $734,100 (+70.8%)	$331,900 → $547,000 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,164 → $1,392 (+19.6%)	$1,250 → $1,691 (+35.3%)

Mapleton

Population

9,87212,340

Median household income

$112,730$127,860

Median home value

$429,900$734,100

Median gross rent

$1,164$1,392

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)

	Mapleton	Salem
Under 5	5.4%	9.3%
5 to 17	28.7%	27.7%
18 to 24	12.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.3%
75 and over	6.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mapleton	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mapleton	Salem
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	16.6%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mapleton	Salem
Drove alone	68.6%	77.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.5%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	13.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mapleton	Salem
1-unit, detached	90.7%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mapleton	Salem
Poverty rate	3.2%	4.1%
Average household size	3.62	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	2004	2004