Nutter Fort vs Salem

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

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

Nutter Fort has the higher population (1,890 vs 1,812 in Salem). Nutter Fort has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $43,690 in Salem). Nutter Fort has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $77,200 in Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Nutter Fort	Salem
Population	1,890	1,812
Median age	36.0 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$43,690
Median home value	$116,700	$77,200
Median gross rent	$907	$570
Housing units	860	796
Homeownership rate	72.9%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nutter Fort	Salem
Population	1,570 → 1,890 (+20.4%)	1,714 → 1,812 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$49,432 → $62,917 (+27.3%)	$40,707 → $43,690 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $116,700 (+23.0%)	$67,600 → $77,200 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $907 (+2.3%)	$659 → $570 (-13.5%)

Nutter Fort

Population

1,5701,890

Median household income

$49,432$62,917

Median home value

$94,900$116,700

Median gross rent

$887$907

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)

	Nutter Fort	Salem
Under 5	3.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	22.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	21.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.7%
75 and over	7.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nutter Fort	Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nutter Fort	Salem
No high school diploma	8.1%	11.3%
High school graduate	33.7%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nutter Fort	Salem
Drove alone	78.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	4.2%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	1.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nutter Fort	Salem
1-unit, detached	85.3%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Nutter Fort	Salem
Poverty rate	9.0%	16.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1950	1949