Salem vs Vineyard

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

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

Vineyard has the higher population (13,510 vs 9,893 in Salem). Salem has the higher median household income ($107,617 vs $100,022 in Vineyard). Vineyard has the higher median home value ($562,600 vs $547,000 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Salem	Vineyard
Population	9,893	13,510
Median age	28.6 yrs	24.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,617	$100,022
Median home value	$547,000	$562,600
Median gross rent	$1,691	$1,781
Housing units	2,795	4,451
Homeownership rate	94.0%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salem	Vineyard
Population	8,099 → 9,893 (+22.2%)	7,103 → 13,510 (+90.2%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $107,617 (+9.0%)	$81,116 → $100,022 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$331,900 → $547,000 (+64.8%)	$413,000 → $562,600 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,691 (+35.3%)	$1,474 → $1,781 (+20.8%)

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

Vineyard

Population

7,10313,510

Median household income

$81,116$100,022

Median home value

$413,000$562,600

Median gross rent

$1,474$1,781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salem	Vineyard
Under 5	9.3%	9.8%
5 to 17	27.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	22.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	26.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	5.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	4.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	1.5%
75 and over	2.6%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salem	Vineyard
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.6%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salem	Vineyard
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	16.9%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salem	Vineyard
Drove alone	77.5%	68.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	12.5%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.8%	16.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salem	Vineyard
1-unit, detached	89.4%	32.1%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	19.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	17.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	23.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Salem	Vineyard
Poverty rate	4.1%	11.1%
Average household size	3.59	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	2004	2015