Enterprise vs Salem

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

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

Salem has the higher population (1,812 vs 1,084 in Enterprise). Enterprise has the higher median household income ($73,150 vs $43,690 in Salem). Enterprise has the higher median home value ($139,400 vs $77,200 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Enterprise	Salem
Population	1,084	1,812
Median age	56.7 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,150	$43,690
Median home value	$139,400	$77,200
Median gross rent	—	$570
Housing units	429	796
Homeownership rate	93.6%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enterprise	Salem
Population	1,010 → 1,084 (+7.3%)	1,714 → 1,812 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$63,173 → $73,150 (+15.8%)	$40,707 → $43,690 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $139,400 (+59.1%)	$67,600 → $77,200 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$659 → $570 (-13.5%)

Enterprise

Population

1,0101,084

Median household income

$63,173$73,150

Median home value

$87,600$139,400

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)

	Enterprise	Salem
Under 5	4.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.9%	11.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	21.8%
25 to 34	5.6%	17.1%
35 to 44	6.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	17.1%	7.7%
75 and over	14.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enterprise	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enterprise	Salem
No high school diploma	6.8%	11.3%
High school graduate	64.4%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enterprise	Salem
Drove alone	96.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enterprise	Salem
1-unit, detached	81.4%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Enterprise	Salem
Poverty rate	1.6%	16.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1981	1949