Clarksburg vs Salem

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

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

Clarksburg has the higher population (15,829 vs 1,812 in Salem). Clarksburg has the higher median household income ($46,859 vs $43,690 in Salem). Clarksburg has the higher median home value ($114,600 vs $77,200 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksburg	Salem
Population	15,829	1,812
Median age	39.9 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,859	$43,690
Median home value	$114,600	$77,200
Median gross rent	$775	$570
Housing units	8,189	796
Homeownership rate	62.8%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksburg	Salem
Population	15,553 → 15,829 (+1.8%)	1,714 → 1,812 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$43,518 → $46,859 (+7.7%)	$40,707 → $43,690 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $114,600 (+32.9%)	$67,600 → $77,200 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $775 (+4.2%)	$659 → $570 (-13.5%)

Clarksburg

Population

15,55315,829

Median household income

$43,518$46,859

Median home value

$86,200$114,600

Median gross rent

$744$775

Salem

Population

1,7141,812

Median household income

$40,707$43,690

Median home value

$67,600$77,200

Median gross rent

$659$570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksburg	Salem
Under 5	5.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	21.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.7%
75 and over	6.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksburg	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	93.7%
Black or African American	2.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksburg	Salem
No high school diploma	15.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	36.2%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksburg	Salem
Drove alone	71.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	8.7%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	1.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksburg	Salem
1-unit, detached	70.0%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	10.8%
20 or more units	6.4%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarksburg	Salem
Poverty rate	23.2%	16.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1946	1949